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Rocket file · LV-407

Thor Delta J

McDonnell Douglas · Thor · RETIRED

Thor Delta J is an expendable launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas. It stands 31.0 m tall, lifts 260 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 4 July 1968. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height31.0 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEO260 kg
Payload to GTO263 kg
Maiden flight4 July 1968
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$16.6M
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 flights1
Successful1
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantDelta J

About Thor Delta J

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

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

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

All upcoming launches

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Common questions

How many times has Thor Delta J flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Thor Delta J's success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Thor Delta J lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Thor Delta J at 260 kg to low Earth orbit and 263 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Thor Delta J reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Thor Delta J as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.