ANNA 1B

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

08:08:00

Wednesday October 31, 1962

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Mission Details

Launch Notes

Final flight of Thor DM-21 Ablestar

ANNA 1B

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ANNA 1B was a US Navy geodetic satellite. The mission profile involved ANNA serving as a reference for making precise geodetic surveys, allowing measurement of the force and direction of the gravitational field of the Earth, locating the middle of land masses and establishing surface positions.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

161 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Thor DM-21 Ablestar

Active 1960 to 1962


Rocket

Height: 29m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 150 kg

Liftoff Thrust

760 Kilonewtons

Stages

0

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

SLC-17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

11 days 12 hours

Stats

Thor-Ablestar


11th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 1962

1962


68th

Orbital launch attempt