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Thor-Able

American expendable launch system and sounding rocket used for a series of re-entry vehicle tests and satellite launches between 1958 and 1960
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Thor-Able

Summary

Thor-Able is a rocket series[1]. Thor-Able draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_series category, ranking #20 of 52).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thor-Able's image is recorded as Thor-Able III Explorer 6 (cropped).jpg[3].
  • Thor-Able's instance of is recorded as rocket series[4].
  • Thor-Able's manufacturer is recorded as Douglas[5].
  • Thor-Able's subclass of is recorded as Thor[6].
  • Thor-Able's Commons category is recorded as Thor Able[7].
  • Thor-Able's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Thor-Able's has part is recorded as PGM-17 Thor[9].
  • Thor-Able's has part is recorded as Able[10].
  • Thor-Able's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y5ll2[11].
  • Thor-Able's Commons gallery is recorded as Thor-Able[12].
  • Thor-Able's 3D model is recorded as Thor-Able.stl[13].

Why It Matters

Thor-Able draws 157 Wikipedia views per month (rocket_series category, ranking #20 of 52).[2] Thor-Able has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Douglas ORBIS 1 Pioneer 2 Thor Thor Able I Thor Able II Thor Able III Thor Able IV Thor-Ablestar Thor-Delta United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · محمد أحمد عبد الفتاح · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons gallery → —
    Image → —
    Has part(s) → PGM-17 Thor, Able
    Country of origin → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q30]]"
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