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Class: Technology. Type: RV. Nation: USA. PGRTV Reentry Test Vehicles were lofted by Thor-Able rockets on suborbital trajectories in support of ICBM reentry vehicle programs.
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PGRTV Chronology
23 January 1959
PGRTV 1 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able. First stage shut down at wrong time. Partial failure. Suborbital..
28 February 1959
PGRTV 2 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able. Suborbital.
21 March 1959
PGRTV 3 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able. Suborbital.
08 April 1959
PGRTV 4 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able. Suborbital.
20 May 1959
PGRTV 5 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able. Suborbital.
11 June 1959
PGRTV 6 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Thor Able. Suborbital.
Bibliography:- 5 - Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. HTML when accessed: http://www.skyrocket.de/space
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