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Thor Delta N

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

Aug. 16, 1968

Description

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

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
33.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
90.0 T
Thrust
1590.0 kN

Family

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

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$18800000
Low Earth Orbit
―
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial

None

MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on six previous launch(es).

Thor Delta N | TD-1A

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 12, 1972, 1:55 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

European astrophysical research satellite.

Polar Orbit

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Thor Delta N | OSO 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 29, 1971, 9:45 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

The Orbital Solar Observatory satellite was deisgned to perform solar physics experiments

Low Earth Orbit

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Thor Delta N | OSO 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 9, 1969, 7:52 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

OSO (Orbital Solar Observatory) satellite. Its purpose was to return data on the ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray emissions of the sun and galaxy.

Low Earth Orbit

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Thor Delta N | Biosat 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 29, 1969, 3:15 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The objectives of the Biosatellite, a.k.a. Biosat, Bios (Biological Satellite), were to determine the biological effects of the space environment upon daily rhythms of living organisms and to obtain and analyze available data on the performance in orbit of life support, altitude control, and other spacecraft systems, including instrumentation for recording biological data.

Low Earth Orbit

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Thor Delta N | ESSA 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 15, 1968, 5:21 p.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 N | ESSA 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 16, 1968, 11:24 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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