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Transit 3B & Lofti 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:45:00

Wednesday February 22, 1961

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Mission Details

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

6th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1961

1961

7th

Orbital launch attempt