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Thor Delta

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Family: Thor

Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas

LL2 vehicle: Thor Delta

American orbital launch vehicle. Commercial name for the military's Thor-Delta.

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Thor Delta | Tiros 6

Sep 18, 1962, 4:53 AM GMT-4

United States Air Force • Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Photo credit: NOAA•License: Unknown•Single-use

At a glance

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Total launches

LL2 total

Success rate

89%

8 success • 1 failure

Next launch

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Last launch

Sep 18, 1962, 4:53 AM GMT-4

In 23,184 days • Success

Launch cadence

107.2 days

Avg gap (last 25 launches)

Time TBD

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Last 30 days

Launches

Last 90 days

Launches

Last 365 days

Launches

Record month

Sep 1962

Longest gap

442 days

Between consecutive launches

Latest scrub

Thor Delta | Echo

May 13, 1960, 5:16 AM GMT-4

Failure

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LL2: Thor Delta

Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas

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Maiden flight

1960-05-13

Reusable

Height

31.0 m

Diameter

2.4 m

LEO payload

226 kg

Stages

3-3

Success streak

Consecutive launches

Landings

0/0

0 failed

Landing streak

Consecutive landings

Manufacturer

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial • USA

Mission mix

Last 9

Top orbits

Low Earth Orbit3
Sun-Synchronous Orbit3
Elliptical Orbit2
Medium Earth Orbit1

Top mission types

Earth Science5
Communications3
Astrophysics1

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Crewed launches

Payloads

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Where it flies

Top launch sites

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA9

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Launch history

9 items

Thor Delta | Tiros 6
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Sep 18, 1962, 4:53 AM GMT-4
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)
Thor Delta | Telstar 1
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Jul 10, 1962, 4:35 AM GMT-4
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)
Thor Delta | Tiros 5
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Jun 19, 1962, 8:19 AM GMT-4
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)
Thor Delta | Ariel 1
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Apr 26, 1962, 1:00 PM GMT-5
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)
Thor Delta | OSO 1
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Mar 07, 1962, 11:06 AM GMT-5
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)
Thor Delta | Tiros 4
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Feb 08, 1962, 7:43 AM GMT-5
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)

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Thor Delta | Tiros 2
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Nov 23, 1960, 6:13 AM GMT-5
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)
Thor Delta | Echo 1
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
Aug 12, 1960, 5:39 AM GMT-4
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)
Thor Delta | Echo
United States Air Force - Thor Delta
May 13, 1960, 5:16 AM GMT-4
Launch pad: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (FL)