flown missionSuccess
Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 2E — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Nimbus 2
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Polar Orbit (PO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor SLV-2A Agena B
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- SLV-2A Agena B
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2E
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7516, -120.6192