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Delta A

American expendable launch vehicle

Field	Value
image	[[File:Thor Delta A with Explorer 14 (Oct. 2, 1962).gif	300px]]
caption	Delta A launching Explorer 14
function	Expendable launch system
country-origin	United States
sites	Cape Canaveral LC-17
launches	2
success	2
status	Retired
first	2 October 1962
last	27 October 1962

| country-origin = United States

The Delta A, or Thor-Delta A was an American expendable launch system used to launch two Explorer spacecraft in October 1962. A derivative of the Thor-Delta, it was a member of the Delta family of launch vehicles. The Thor-Delta itself was a Thor booster with an Able second stage and Altair third stage.

The first stage was a Thor missile in the DM-21 configuration, and the second stage was the Delta-A, an uprated version of the original Delta. An Altair solid rocket motor was used as a third stage. Both launches occurred from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Launch Complex 17B, and were successful. The first launched Explorer 14, and the second Explorer 15.

References

Wade, Mark. "Delta". Encyclopedia Astronautica.
Krebs, Gunter. "Thor family". Gunter's Space Page.

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