Thor-Delta
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 18.42 m
- Diameter
- 2.44 m
- Mass
- 54,000 kg
- Stages
- 3
- Thrust
- 759 kN
- First flight
- 1960-05-13
- Total launches
- 3
- Success / Fail
- 3 / 0
The Delta DM-19, or Thor-Delta was an early launch system used for 12 launches in the early '60s in the US. The first stage was a Thor missile with the second stage being the Delta, hence the name Thor-Delta. Of 12 flights, it failed only once and put 11 satellites into orbit between 1960 and 62.
Payloads it launched
3 loaded