Thor-Delta A Launch Vehicle
Thor-Delta A was the first named upgrade of the original Delta configuration. The three-stage vehicle introduced an uprated Thor first stage and revised Delta upper stages. Two vehicles flew for NASA in October 1962, successfully launching Explorer 14 and Explorer 15.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Delta AThor Delta A
- Family Name
- Thor-Delta A
- Full Name
- Thor-Delta A Launch Vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- A
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- Description
- Thor-Delta A was the first named upgrade of the original Delta configuration. The three-stage vehicle introduced an uprated Thor first stage and revised Delta upper stages. Two vehicles flew for NASA in October 1962, successfully launching Explorer 14 and Explorer 15.
- First Flight Year
- 1,962
- Last Flight Year
- 1,962
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- Parent Vehicle Family
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 05:34:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 10:00:48 UTC
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