Delta D

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Delta D

Delta D no. 30 - Delta D no. 30 - COSPAR 1965-028

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Family: Delta. Country: USA. Status: Hardware. Other Designations: Thrust Augmented Thor.

Specifications

Launches: 2. Failures: 0. Success Rate: 100.00% pct. First Launch Date: 19 August 1964. Last Launch Date: 06 April 1965. Payload: 104 kg. to a: Geosynchronous transfer trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 160,200 kgf. Total Mass: 63,966 kg. Core Diameter: 2.4 m. Total Length: 32.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 12.72 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

Stage Number: 0. 3 x Castor 1 Gross Mass: 3,852 kg. Empty Mass: 535 kg. Thrust (vac): 29,164 kgf. Isp: 247 sec. Burn time: 27 sec. Isp(sl): 232 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 5.9 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. M33-20-4
Stage Number: 1. 1 x Delta Thor TA Gross Mass: 49,442 kg. Empty Mass: 3,175 kg. Thrust (vac): 88,380 kgf. Isp: 290 sec. Burn time: 150 sec. Isp(sl): 256 sec. Diameter: 2.4 m. Span: 2.4 m. Length: 18.4 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. MB-3-3
Stage Number: 2. 1 x Delta D Gross Mass: 2,693 kg. Empty Mass: 545 kg. Thrust (vac): 3,436 kgf. Isp: 278 sec. Burn time: 170 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 5.6 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH No Engines: 1. AJ10-118D
Stage Number: 3. 1 x Altair 2 Gross Mass: 275 kg. Empty Mass: 37 kg. Thrust (vac): 2,268 kgf. Isp: 266 sec. Burn time: 28 sec. Isp(sl): 242 sec. Diameter: 0.6 m. Span: 0.6 m. Length: 2.5 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-258

Delta D Chronology

1964 Aug 19 - - 12:15 GMT. LV Configuration: Thor Delta D s/n 417 / Delta s/n 25. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17A.

Syncom 3 Spacecraft: Syncom. Payload: Syncom C. Mass: 39 kg.
Experimental commsat; carried Star Flash experiment. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

1965 Apr 6 - - 23:47 GMT. LV Configuration: Thor Delta D s/n 426 / Delta s/n 30. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17A.

Intelsat 1 F-1 Spacecraft: Intelsat 1. Payload: Early Bird. Mass: 39 kg.
Over Atlantic. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

Bibliography:

34 - Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets, Macmillan, New York, 1975.
140 - Wilson, Andrew, Spaceflight, "Delta Digest", 1979, Volume 10, page 413.

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