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Thor Delta E
RetiredMcDonnell Douglas
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
Key figures
Total launches
6
Successes
6
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
6
Maiden flight
Nov 6, 1965
Launch cost
$14 Mio.
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
39d 12h
Planned launches
0
Thor, Thor-Delta family total
85 launches · 75 successes · 10 failures (15 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Thor Delta E” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Thor, Thor-Delta family totals 85 launches across 15 variants.
Technology
Length
31 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Launch mass
69 t
Liftoff thrust
1,452 kN
Stages
3
LEO (low Earth orbit)
540 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
150 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 6
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia