SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978
 

Table 1-30. Long-Tank Thrust-Augmented Thor-Agena D (Thorad-Agena D) Characteristics.

 

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1st Stage Thor

Strap-on Solid Rocket Motors

2d Stage Agena D

Total with Spacecraft Fairing

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Height (m):

21.6

6.1

6.2

35.5

Diameter (m):

2.4

0.79

1.5

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Launch weight (kg):

70 000

12 653

7 250

90 000

Propulsion system:

Powerplant:

MB-3 Block III

(3) TX-354-5 Castor II

XLR-81-Ba-11

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Thrust (newtons):

868 561

695 623

71 168

1 635 352

Burn time (sec.):

218

37

237

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Propellant:

RP-1/LOX

solid

UDMH/N204

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Payload capacity:

1400 kg to 185 km earth orbit

Origin:

Air Force IRBM

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Air Force-Lockheed design

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Program manager:

Robert W. Manville, NASA Hq.

Project manager:

William R. Schindler, Goddard Space Flight Center

Contractors:

McDonnell Douglas: prime Rocketdyne Div., Rockwell Corp.: propulsion

Thiokol Corp.

Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.: prime Bell Aerospace, Textron: propulsion

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How utilized:

Nimbus 3 and 4, OGO 6, SERT 2

Remarks:

The booster engine and strap-one were improved over the original configuration.

See also:

Volume 2.

 

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