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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 759 kN
- Height
- 18.42 m
- Diameter
- 2.44 m
- Launch mass
- 54 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- $4.93M
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
3
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
3 of 3
Current success streak
3
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Delta DM-19 | Explorer 12 — Success
- Delta DM-19 | Tiros-3 — Success
- Delta DM-19 | Explorer 10 — Success