Engineering:Delta C
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| Function | Expendable launch system |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired |
| Launch sites | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-17 |
| Total launches | 13 |
| Successes | 12 |
| Failures | 1 |
| First flight | 27 November 1963 |
| Last flight | 22 January 1969 |
The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.
The first stage was a Thor missile in the DSV-2A configuration, and the second stage was the Delta D, which was derived from the earlier Delta. The baseline Delta C used an Altair-2 third stage, whilst the Delta C1 had an FW-4D third stage, which provided a higher payload capacity than the Altair. It is unclear whether two or three launches were made using the C1 configuration.
The Delta C was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17. Most launches carried NASA research satellites into low Earth orbit.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Delta". http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/delta.htm.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Thor Family" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/thor.htm.
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