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Thor Burner 1
RetiredMcDonnell Douglas
The Thor-Burner was an American expendable launch system, a member of the Thor rocket family. It consisted of a Thor missile, with one or two Burner upper stages.
Key figures
Total launches
4
Successes
3
Failures
1
Success rate
75.0 %
Success streak
1
Maiden flight
May 20, 1965
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
83d
Planned launches
0
Thor, Thor-Burner family total
24 launches · 23 successes · 1 failures (3 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Thor Burner 1” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Thor, Thor-Burner family totals 24 launches across 3 variants.
Technology
Length
23 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Launch mass
50 t
Liftoff thrust
668 kN
Stages
2
Launches per year
of which in our database: 4
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia