Thor able-star photo captions
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By Roger E. Moore, NAR #70129 Roger70129@aol.com ===== "TAS COMPOSITE 1" Caption on reverse side of photo reads: U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO Photographic Laboratory Operated by RCA 62-025-103/12412-53 1/23/62 CCMTA, SSD:AEROSPACE, PAD 17B. ERECTION & FAIRING INSTALLATION OF COMPOSITE 1 PAYLOAD. UNCLASSIFIED [This photo shows the payload fairing and collection of five satellites collectively known as Composite 1, which failed to achieve orbit on a Thor Able-Star (Thor #311, model DM-21A) on 01/24/1962, launched from Pad 17B of the Atlantic Missile Range (Florida). The payload has been mounted on the Able-Star second stage, #010.] ===== "TAS COMPOSITE 2" Caption on reverse side of photo reads: U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO Air Force Missile Test Center Photographic Laboratory Operated by RCA 62-025-097/12412-53 1/23/62 CCMTA, SSD:AEROSPACE, PAD 17B. ERECTION & FAIRING INSTALLATION OF COMPOSITE 1 PAYLOAD.
UNCLASSIFIED [This photo shows the payload fairing and collection of five satellites collectively known as Composite 1 (also "Buckshot"), which failed to achieve orbit on a Thor Able-Star (Thor #311, model DM-21A) on 01/24/1962, due to low booster thrust. The vehicle was launched from Pad 17B of the Atlantic Missile Range (Florida). The payload has been mounted on the Able-Star second stage, #010.] ===== "TAS 3" U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO Air Force Missile Test Center Photographic Laboratory Operated by RCA 61-161-043 6/7/61
THOR MISSILE #315 ON PAD WITH TRIPLE SATELLITES IN NOSE. GREBE, INJUN AND TRANSIT 4-A SATELLITES UNCLASSIFIED [This photo shows the Thor Able-Star vehicle (Thor #315, model DM-21A) on 06/07/1961, resting on its pad several weeks prior to its successful launching on 06/29/1961. The satellite called Grebe was also named Solrad 3. The Able-Star second stage is #008.] ===== "TAS 4" [This is a cropped shot taken from the photo labelled TAS 3, above, to show only the Thor Able-Star vehicle.] ===== Directory: models models -> Quantifying projected impacts under 2°C warming models -> 2014 Bombardier Learjet 75 airframe: 333. 1 Hours Since New landings: 277 Since New engines models -> Concepts For Developing Component-based Systems models -> Jump-start Your Thinking models -> Famous Journalists in American History models -> A comparison of 1/72 Scale Space Shuttle Kits by Jay Chladek models -> Rockets of the world supplement contents by year models -> Simplifying Autonomic Enterprise Java Bean Applications via Model-driven Development: a Case Study models -> Tcss 343 Master Syllabus Version: April 2011 (Approved: 27 May 2011) Catalog Description Download 8.04 Kb. Share with your friends:
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