Launch Vehicles
Delta
United States
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The original member of America's longest-running launch vehicle family, developed from the Thor ballistic missile for NASA to launch communications and scientific satellites beginning in 1960. Its name and lineage continued through dozens of upgraded variants across more than six decades.
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Vehicle ClassMedium-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerDouglas Aircraft Company 1 First Flight Date StatusRetired in its original configuration; superseded by successive Delta variants (Thor-Delta, Delta 2000, Delta II and beyond). 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/d/delta.htmlQuote, http://astronautix.com/d/delta.html
The Delta launch vehicle was America's longest-lived, most reliable, and lowest-cost space launch vehicle.
2. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-pathfinder/national-space-club-honors-nasa-ula-delta-ii-program-team/Quote, https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-pathfinder/national-space-club-honors-nasa-ula-delta-ii-program-team/
Delta I was designed on the Thor rocket's heritage in the late 1950's and first launched in 1960.
2. NASA History Office
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