Delta E
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Launch of a Delta E with
Pioneer 6
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Function | Expendable launch system |
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Country of origin | United States |
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Status | Retired |
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Cape Canaveral
LC-17
Vandenberg SLC-2E |
Total launches | 23 |
Success(es) | 23 |
First flight | 6 November 1965 |
Last flight | 1 April 1971 |
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The Delta E , or Thor-Delta E was an American expendable launch system used for twenty-three orbital launches between 1965 and 1971. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.
The first stage was a Thor missile in the DSV-2C configuration, and the second stage was the Delta-E , which was derived from the earlier Delta-A . Three Castor-1 solid rocket boosters were clustered around the first stage. Two different solid-fuel upper stages were available; an Altair-2 was used on the baseline version, however this could be replaced with an FW-4D to increase performance. A Delta E with the FW-4D upper stage was designated Delta E1. Six flights used the Delta E configuration and seventeen used the Delta E1.
Delta E rockets were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17 and Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2E . All 23 flights were successful. On December 16 1965, a Delta E launched the Pioneer 6 space probe . [1] [2]
References
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Delta" . Archived from the original on 2008-07-24.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Thor Family" . Gunter's Space Page . Archived from the original on 2007-08-06 . Retrieved 2021-12-21 .
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