Lockheed Agena upper stage

E835227

rocket upper stage spacecraft bus

The Lockheed Agena upper stage was a versatile rocket stage used extensively during the early U.S. space program as both a satellite booster and maneuverable spacecraft bus for missions including reconnaissance and rendezvous experiments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Atlas LV-3 Agena-B	1
Lockheed Agena upper stage canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rocket upper stage ⓘ spacecraft bus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Agena NERFINISHED ⓘ
capability	multiple restarts ⓘ on-orbit maneuvering ⓘ precision orbit insertion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedFor	military reconnaissance missions ⓘ
family	Agena rocket stages NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstFlightYear	1959 ⓘ
guidanceCapability	independent guidance system ⓘ
historicalSignificance	enabled first successful U.S. photo-reconnaissance satellites ⓘ
launchConfiguration	two-stage launch vehicle upper stage ⓘ
manufacturer	Lockheed NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	integrated attitude control system ⓘ served as both propulsion and spacecraft bus ⓘ
notableUse	Corona reconnaissance satellite program NERFINISHED ⓘ GAMBIT reconnaissance satellite program NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini rendezvous target vehicle ⓘ KH-7 reconnaissance satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ KH-8 reconnaissance satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	NASA ⓘ National Reconnaissance Office NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
orbitTypeSupported	highly elliptical orbit ⓘ low Earth orbit ⓘ polar orbit ⓘ
oxidizer	IRFNA ⓘ
propellantType	UDMH ⓘ hypergolic propellants ⓘ
retirementPeriod	1980s ⓘ
roleInGeminiProgram	target vehicle for orbital rendezvous ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
usedAs	maneuverable spacecraft bus ⓘ satellite booster ⓘ
usedBy	US intelligence community NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	reconnaissance missions ⓘ rendezvous experiments ⓘ
usedInMissionType	orbital rendezvous ⓘ reconnaissance satellite deployment ⓘ satellite launch ⓘ
usedInProgram	early U.S. space program ⓘ
usedWith	Atlas rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ Thor rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ Titan II launch vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ Titan IIIB rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
variant	Agena A NERFINISHED ⓘ Agena B NERFINISHED ⓘ Agena D NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agena Target Vehicle → developedFrom → Lockheed Agena upper stage ⓘ

Mariner 2 → launchVehicle → Lockheed Agena upper stage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlas LV-3 Agena-B