Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Alouette 1

Name: Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Alouette 1
Start: 1962-09-29T06:05:00Z
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Canadian small ionospheric observatory instrumented with an ionospheric sounder, a VLF receiver, an energetic particle detector, and a cosmic noise experiment.

Mission Details

Launch date: September 29, 1962 at 06:05 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Thor DM-21 Agena-B
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission type: Earth Science