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Thor-DM21 Able-Star

Thor-DM21 Able-Star (Transit 3A) [USAF]

Version Stage 1 Stage 2
Thor-DM21 Able-Star Thor-DM21 / MB-3-II Able-Star / AJ10-104
No:       Serial: Type:                   Date:       LS             Payload

 1    1   257     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     13.04.1960    CC LC-17B    Transit 1B / Solrad-Dummy
 2    2   281     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     22.06.1960    CC LC-17B    Transit 2A / Grab 1 (Solrad 1)
 3    3   262     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     18.08.1960 F  CC LC-17B    Courier 1A
 4    4   293     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     04.10.1960    CC LC-17B    Courier 1B
 5    5   283     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     30.11.1960 F  CC LC-17B    Transit 3A / Grab (2) (Solrad 2)
 6    6   313     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     22.02.1961 P  CC LC-17B    Transit 3B / LOFTI 1
 7    7   315     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     29.06.1961 P  CC LC-17B    Transit 4A / Injun 1 / Grab 2 (Solrad 3)
 8    8   305     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     15.11.1961    CC LC-17B    Transit 4B / TRAAC
 9    9   311     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     24.01.1962 F  CC LC-17B    LOFTI 2 / SECOR (1) (EGRS (1)) / Grab (3a) (Solrad 4A) / Injun 2 / Surcal 1
10   10   314     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     10.05.1962 F  CC LC-17B    ANNA 1A 
11   11   319     Thor-DM21 Able-Star     31.10.1962    CC LC-17B    ANNA 1B


Failures:

Flight 3:   Thor failed after 134 sec
Flight 5:   Thor shut down too early
Flight 6:   Transit 3B and LOFTI 1 failed to separate
Flight 7:   Injun 1 and Grab 2 (Solrad 3) failed to separate
Flight 9:   Ablestar  produced unsufficient thrust, Surcal 1 was fixed to Ablestar 
Flight 10:  Ablestar  failed to ignite


Launch sites:

CC  = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA USA

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