Thor Agena A
McDonnell Douglas
Details
Height
28 m
Diameter
2.44 m
GTO
Unknown
LEO
250 kg
Thrust at Liftoff
667 kN
Apogee
Unknown
Launch Cost
$10.7M
Maiden Flight
January 21, 1959
Description
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.