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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D

McDonnell Douglas · Thor · RETIRED

Thorad SLV-2G Agena D is an expendable launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas. It stands 32.9 m tall, first flew on 9 August 1966. It has flown 30 times with 29 successes, a success rate of 96.7%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height32.9 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight9 August 1966
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$19.6M
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights30
Successful29
Failed1
Success rate96.7%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantSLV-2G Agena D

About Thorad SLV-2G Agena D

Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The rockets used Thor first stages and Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Thorad SLV-2G Agena D is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Thorad Agena-D launching POPPY satellite
Thorad Agena-D launching POPPY satelliteNational Reconnaissance Office · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Long Tank Thor production
Long Tank Thor productionUSIS (now USIA) via NASA Spaceflight Forum Page · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Thorad-Agena used for LANYARD payloads
Thorad-Agena used for LANYARD payloadsNational Reconnaissance Office · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Thorad SLV-2G Agena D flown?
30 times, with 29 successes and 1 failures.
What is Thorad SLV-2G Agena D's success rate?
96.7%. That's 29 successful flights out of 30 attempts.
How much can Thorad SLV-2G Agena D lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Thorad SLV-2G Agena D.
Is Thorad SLV-2G Agena D reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Thorad SLV-2G Agena D as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.