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Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas, and sometimes known as the Thorad Delta 1. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family, derived directly from the Delta 3000, and entered service in 1989. There were two main variants, the Delta 6000 and Delta 7000, with the latter also having "Light ...
Thorad SLV-2H Agena-D Thor 571 Agena 1663 VAFB SLC-3W KH-4B (S/N 1117) Reconnaissance LEO Success Final flight of Thorad-Agena Last Corona spacecraft 1972-07-23 18:06 Delta 904 [2] Delta 89 Thor 574 VAFB SLC-2W Landsat 1: Earth Resource Technology Satellite 917 km LEO, near polar, Sun synchronous. Success First use of 9 strap-on SRBs.
This is a list of launches made by the PGM-17 Thor IRBM, and its derivatives, including the Delta family and the Japanese N-I, N-II and H-I rockets which were based on license-produced components. Due to the number of launches, it has been split by decade: List of Thor and Delta launches (1957–1959) List of Thor and Delta launches (1960–1969)
The Delta second stage was derived from the Able second stage. Members of the Delta rocket family derived from the Thor-Delta continue to launch satellites and space probes. By 1969, the Thor core was being used regularly both in Delta vehicles and in the USAF Standard Space Launch Vehicle (SLV-2), with thrust augmentation and a variety of ...
Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) is an active rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California, USA.It consists of two launch pads: Space Launch Complex 2 East (SLC-2E, originally LC 75-1-1), used by the PGM-17 Thor missile and several of its derivatives from 1958 to 1972; and Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W, originally LC 75-1-2), which has been in use since 1959 to launch ...
The Delta 1000 series was nicknamed the Straight-Eight and combined an Extended Long Tank first stage with an 8 ft-diameter (2.4 m) payload fairing, up to nine Castor 2 SRBs, and the new McDonnell Douglas Delta P second stage using the TRW TR-201 engine. Payload capacity increased to 1,835 kg (4,045 lb) to LEO or 635 kg (1,400 lb) to GTO.
Delta 58 VAFB SLC-2E ESSA-7: Weather Satellite LEO / SSO Success Maiden Flight of the Long Tank Thor-Delta 1968-09-18 21:32 Thorad SLV-2G Agena-D Thor 524 Agena 1647 VAFB SLC-1E KH-4A (S/N 1048)/SRV S/N 749: Reconnaissance LEO Success 1968-09-19 00:09 Delta M: Thor 529 Delta 59 CCAFS SLC-17A Intelsat 3-1: Communication Satellite planned: GTO ...
Delta II 6925 : 184 CCAFS LC-17A: NAVSTAR II-1: GPS Block II navigation satellite [1] MEO: Success First Delta II launch 1989-03-24 21:50 Delta 3920-8 183 CCAFS LC-17B: Delta Star (USA-36) Experimental on-orbit ASAT test satellite LEO: Success 1989-06-10 22:30 Delta II 6925 185 CCAFS LC-17A: NAVSTAR II-2: GPS Block II navigation satellite MEO ...