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List Of Thor And Delta Launches (2000-2009)
This is a list of launches made by the PGM-17 Thor Intermediate-range ballistic missile, IRBM, and its Thor (rocket family), derivatives, including the Delta (rocket family), Delta family and the Japanese N-I (rocket), N-I, N-II (rocket), N-II and H-I rockets which were based on license-produced components. Due to the number of launches, it has been split by decade: * 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) * List of Thor and Delta launches (2020–2024) Launch lists for selected rocket types: * List of Thor DM-18A launches * List of Thor DM-18 Able launches * List of Thor-Agena launches * List of Thor DM-18 Agena-A launches * List of Thor DM-21 Agena-B launches * List of Thor DM-21 Agena-D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PGM-17 Thor
The PGM-17A Thor was the first operational ballistic missile of the United States Air Force (USAF). 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 (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was in height and in diameter. It was later augmented in the U.S. IRBM arsenal by the Jupiter. The Thor and later Delta families of space launch vehicles used boosters derived from the initial Thor missile. History Fearful that the Soviet Union would deploy a long-range ballistic missile before the U.S., in January 1956 the USAF began developing the Thor, a intermediate-range ballistic missile. The program proceeded quickly as a stop-gap measure, and within three years of inception the first of 20 Royal Air Force Thor squadrons became operational in the UK. The UK deployment carried the codename 'Project Emily'. One of the advantages of the design was that, unlike the Jupiter MRBM, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
