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Thor Delta E

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

Nov. 6, 1965

Description

American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
31.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
69.0 T
Thrust
1452.0 kN

Family

Name
Thor Delta E
Family
―
Variant
Delta E
Alias
―
Full Name
Thor Delta E

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$13930000
Low Earth Orbit
540.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
150.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial

None

MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on six previous launch(es).

Thor Delta E | ESSA 5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 20, 1967, 11:21 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The ESSA series was the second generation of US meterological satellites after the TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) series. They were also called OT (Operational TIROS), TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite).

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor Delta E | ESSA 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 26, 1967, 5:31 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor Delta E | ESSA 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 2, 1966, 10:39 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor Delta E | ESSA 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 28, 1966, 1:58 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor Delta E | Pioneer 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 16, 1965, 7:31 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Pioneer A to E (Pioneer 6 to 9 after launch) were a series of five solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space on a continuing basis.

Heliocentric N/A

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Thor Delta E | GEOS A

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 6, 1965, 6:38 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The GEOS 1 (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a gravity-gradient-stabilized, solar-cell powered unit designed exclusively for geodetic studies.

Low Earth Orbit

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