NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Transit 3A & GRAB-2

Launch Time
Wed Nov 30, 1960 19:50 UTC

Premature Thor cutoff. RSO. Debris fell in Cuba.

Rocket

Thor DM-21 Ablestar
US Air Force
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 760 kN
Payload to LEO: 150 kg
Stages: 0
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 29.0 m

Location

SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1960

32nd orbital launch attempt

Thor-Ablestar

5th mission
5th mission of 1960
2nd failed mission