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Thor Delta L
RetiredMcDonnell Douglas
American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
Key figures
Total launches
2
Successes
1
Failures
1
Success rate
50.0 %
Success streak
1
Maiden flight
Aug 27, 1969
Launch cost
$17 Mio.
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
886d 19h
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 L” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Thor, Thor-Delta family totals 85 launches across 15 variants.
Technology
Length
35 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Launch mass
89 t
Liftoff thrust
1,452 kN
Stages
4
LEO (low Earth orbit)
300 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
300 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 2
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia