Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2

Launch information

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Mission description

Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with a sweep-frequency ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle experiment, a cosmic noise experiment, and an electrostatic probe.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2’.

Launch image Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Nov. 29, 1965, 4:48 a.m.

Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Alouette 2 (LEO)

Launcher

United States Air Force

Rocket

Thor SLV-2 Agena B

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
1804 ALOUETTE 2 HEO 79.8 CANADA In-orbit
1806 EXPLORER 31 (ISIS-X) HEO 79.78 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#501

To this date

Location Launch

#195

To this date

Pad Launch

#25

To this date

Agency Launch

#294

To this date

Orbital Launch

#109

Year 1965

Location Launch

#36

Year 1965

Pad Launch

#5

Year 1965

Agency Launch

#63

Year 1965

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