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Thor DM-18 Able 2 (modified)
🇺🇸3 Stage
1:110 Scale
H:24.5 cmD:2.2 cm
~26 bricks tall~3 studs wide
Maiden Launch1959-09-17
2 Stages
Height / Length
27 m
Diameter
2.4 m
Launch Mass
49,900 kg
Takeoff Thrust
667 kN
Mission Profile
The Thor DM-18 Able 2 (modified) was a two-to-three-stage American launch vehicle in the Delta family, a modified Thor-Able variant with an additional solid kick stage under the Thor IRBM Program. Standing 27 m tall with a 2.4 m diameter and a liftoff mass of 49.9 tonnes, it generated 667 kN of first-stage thrust. First flying in September 1959, the Thor DM-18 Able 2 was used for early military and scientific suborbital and orbital test missions.
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