List of Thor and Delta launches
Encyclopedia
This is a list of launches made by the PGM-17 Thor
IRBM
, and its derivatives, including the Delta family and the Japan
ese N-I
, N-II
and H-I
rockets which were based on licence-produced components. Due to the size of the list, it has been split into several smaller articles:
PGM-17 Thor
Thor was the first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force . Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate range ballistic missile with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was in height and in diameter. It was...
IRBM
Intermediate-range ballistic missile
An intermediate-range ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km , between a medium-range ballistic missile and an intercontinental ballistic missile...
, and its derivatives, including the Delta family and the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese N-I
N-I (rocket)
The N-I or N-1 was a derivative of the American Delta rocket, produced under licence in Japan. It used a Thor-ELT first stage, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries-designed LE-3 engine was used as a second stage, and three Castor SRMs. Seven were launched between 1975 and 1982, before it was replaced by...
, N-II
N-II (rocket)
The N-II or N-2 was a derivative of the American Delta rocket, produced under licence in Japan. It used a Thor-ELT first stage, a Delta-F second stage, nine Castor SRMs, and on most flights either a Star-37E or Burner-2 upper stage, identical to the US Delta 0100 series configurations...
and H-I
H-I
The H-I or H-1 was a Japanese liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, consisting of a licence-produced American first stage and set of booster rockets, and all-Japanese upper stages. It was launched nine times between 1986 and 1992...
rockets which were based on licence-produced components. Due to the size of the list, it has been split into several smaller articles:
- List of Thor and Delta launches (1957–1959)
- List of Thor and Delta launches (1960–1969)
- List of Thor and Delta launches (1970–1979)
- List of Thor and Delta launches (1980–1989)
- List of Thor and Delta launches (1990–1999)
- List of Thor and Delta launches (2000–2009)
- List of Thor and Delta launches (2010–2019)