LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sun May 15 1966

United States Air Force

Nimbus 2

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

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Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Thor SLV-2A Agena B

Description:

Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. The rockets used Thor first stages and Agena second stages. They are thus cousins of the more-famous Thor-Deltas, which founded the Delta rocket family.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
Nimbus 2, the second in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, added an additional medium-resolution infrared radiometer (MRIR) compared to Nimbus 1.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 2E