Thor standard launch vehicle (SLV-2), originally designed and used as Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile and then removed from strategic weapon system inventory, still serves as operational space booster after undergoing continuous improvement; methods employed comprised uprating main engine and electronics, addition of solid propellant thrust augmentation motors, extension of propellant tanks, and adding ability to mate with various upper stage vehicles; description of Thor vehicle, ground equipment, and test sites and facilities; present production and flight life cycle. (16712)
Operational evolution of Thor space booster
SAE Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1968 Boosters
1968
18 pages
Conference paper
English
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