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Thor Delta G

Rocket file · LV-406

Thor Delta G

McDonnell Douglas · Thor · RETIRED

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Thor Delta G is an expendable launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas. It stands 30.0 m tall, first flew on 14 December 1966. It has flown 2 times with 2 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height30.0 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight14 December 1966
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$10.2M
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights2
Successful2
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantDelta G

About Thor Delta G

American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Thor Delta G is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

CampsisGrandiflora
CampsisGrandifloraCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Enzyme catalysis delta delta G es
Enzyme catalysis delta delta G esRetama 17:16, 22 June 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Delta G
Delta GNASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Thor Delta G flown?
2 times, with 2 successes and 0 failures.
What is Thor Delta G's success rate?
100.0%. That's 2 successful flights out of 2 attempts.
How much can Thor Delta G lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Thor Delta G.
Is Thor Delta G reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Thor Delta G as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.