/

Transit 3A & GRAB-2

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

19:50:00

Wednesday November 30, 1960

Watch Replay

24/7 Coverage

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Premature Thor cutoff. RSO. Debris fell in Cuba.

Rocket

Thor DM-21 Ablestar rocket by United States Air Force

Retired

Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Active 1960 to 1962

Agency

Rocket

Height: 29m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 150 kg

Liftoff Thrust

760 Kilonewtons

Stages

0

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

20 days 2 hours

Stats

Thor-Ablestar

5th

Mission

5th

Mission of 1960

1960

32nd

Orbital launch attempt