Thor Based Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-2018) Page 1 of 4: Thor, Thor Able (Star), Thor Agena L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Thor* Thor* Thor Thor Thor Thor Thor Thor Thor Thorad IRBM Suborb Able Able Agena A Agena B Agena B Agena D Agena D Agena D Star TAT TAT Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 9(6)+ - - - - - - - - - 1958 14(9) - 6(4)# - - - - - - - 1959 33(6) - 8(2)# - 8(4)+ - - - - - 1960 8(0) - 2(0) 5(2) 7(3) 4(1) - - - - 1961 4(0) - - 3(2) - 17(5) - - - - 1962 2(1) 10(4) - 3(2) - 18(1) - 8(1) - - 1963 - 1(0) - 2(0) - 1(0) 1(0) 8(3) 10(2) - 1964 - 9(2) - 3(1) - 2(1) - 2(0) 20(1) - 1965 - 3(0) - 3(0) - 1(0) - 2(1) 15(0) - 1966 - 3(0) - - - - 1(0) - 10(1) 2(0) 1967 - 1(0) - - - - - 1(0) 5(0) 6(0) 1968 - 2(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 10(1) 1969 - - - - - - - - - 10(0) 1970 - 3(1) - - - - - - - 7(0) 1971 - - - - - - - - - 6(1) 1972 - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 1973 - - - - - - - - - - 1974 - - - - - - - - - - 1975 - 2(0) - - - - - - - - 1976 - - - - - - - - - - 1977 - - - - - - - - - - 1978 - - - - - - - - - - 1979 - - - - - - - - - - 1980 - - - - - - - - - - 1981 - - - - - - - - - - 1982 - - - - - - - - - - 1983 - - - - - - - - - - 1984 - - - - - - - - - - 1985 - - - - - - - - - - 1986 - - - - - - - - - - 1987 - - - - - - - - - - 1988 - - - - - - - - - - 1989 - - - - - - - - - - 1990 - - - - - - - - - - 1991 - - - - - - - - - - 1992 - - - - - - - - - - 1993 - - - - - - - - - - 1994 - - - - - - - - - - 1995 - - - - - - - - - - 1996 - - - - - - - - - - 1997 - - - - - - - - - - 1998 - - - - - - - - - - 1999 - - - - - - - - - - 2000 - - - - - - - - - - 2001 - - - - - - - - - - 2002 - - - - - - - - - - 2003 - - - - - - - - - - 2004 - - - - - - - - - - 2005 - - - - - - - - - - 2006 - - - - - - - - - - 2007 - - - - - - - - - - 2008 - - - - - - - - - - 2009 - - - - - - - - - - 2010 - - - - - - - - - - 2011 - - - - - - - - - - 2012 - - - - - - - - - - 2013 - - - - - - - - - - 2014 - - - - - - - - - - 2015 - - - - - - - - - - 2016 - - - - - - - - - - 2017 - - - - - - - - - - 2017 - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thor* Thor* Thor# Thor Thor Thor Thor Thor Thor Thorad IRBM Suborb Able Able Agena A Agena B Agena B Agena D Agena D Agena D Star TAT TAT L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suborb 70(22) 34(7) 9(2) - - - - - - - Orbit - - 7(4) 19(7) 15(7) 43(8) 2(0) 21(5) 61(4) 43(2) Total 70(22) 34(7) 16(6) 19(7) 15(7) 43(8) 2(0) 21(5) 61(4) 43(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnotes: * Suborbital IRBM Tests # Nine suborbital (reentry) tests, three in 1958 (with one failure) and six in 1959 (with one failure). + Thor vehicles destroyed in ground accidents are not included in these totals. These include one Thor IRBM (1957) and one Thor Agena A (1959) References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" Last Update 12/26/2018 by Ed Kyle