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Thor DM-18 Able
🇺🇸PGM-17A Able Thor-Able
1:110 Scale
H:24.5 cmD:2.2 cm
~26 bricks tall~3 studs wide
Maiden Launch1958-04-24
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 (PGM-17A Able, Thor-Able) was a two-stage American launch vehicle in the Delta family, an early configuration pairing a Thor IRBM with a Vanguard-derived Able upper 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 April 1958, the Thor-Able attempted some of the earliest American lunar probe missions including Pioneer 0 and was the direct ancestor of the entire Delta launch vehicle family.
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