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Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and the first wave of nuclear power. And this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be part of it - we mean to lead it.
---Kennedy
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Delta C no. 29 - COSPAR 1965-007
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Orbital launch vehicle. Year: 1963. Family: Delta. Country: USA. Status: Hardware. Manufacturer: Douglas. Unaugmented Thor with Delta D and solid propellant upper stages. Launches: 13. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 92.31% pct. First Launch Date: 27 November 1963. Last Launch Date: 22 January 1969. Launch data is: complete. Payload: 82 kg. to a: Geosynchronous transfer trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 68,040 kgf. Liftoff Thrust: 667.20 kN. Total Mass: 51,285 kg. Core Diameter: 2.44 m. Total Length: 31.00 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 9.59 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
Stage Data - Delta C- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Thor DM-21 Gross Mass: 48,354 kg. Empty Mass: 2,948 kg. Thrust (vac): 77,564 kgf. Isp: 285 sec. Burn time: 164 sec. Isp(sl): 250 sec. Diameter: 2.44 m. Span: 2.44 m. Length: 18.41 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. MB-3-1 Status: Hardware.
- 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): 0.000 sec. Diameter: 0.84 m. Span: 0.84 m. Length: 5.58 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH No Engines: 1. AJ10-118D Status: Hardware.
- Stage Number: 3. 1 x Altair 1 Gross Mass: 238 kg. Empty Mass: 30 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,270 kgf. Isp: 256 sec. Burn time: 38 sec. Isp(sl): 233 sec. Diameter: 0.46 m. Span: 0.46 m. Length: 1.83 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-248 Status: Hardware.
Delta C Chronology
1963 Nov 27 2:30 - Thor Delta C 387/D21 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
1964 Oct 4 3:45 - Thor Delta C 392/D26 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17A.
1964 Dec 21 9:00 - Thor Delta C 393/D27 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17A.
1965 Jan 22 7:52 - Thor Delta C 374/D28 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17A.
1965 Feb 3 16:36 - Thor Delta C 411/D29 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
1965 May 29 12:00 - Thor Delta C 441/D31 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
1965 Jul 2 4:07 - Thor Delta C 415/D32 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
1965 Aug 25 15:17 - Premature third stage ignition.. Thor Delta C 434/D33 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
1966 Feb 3 7:41 - Thor Delta C 445/D36 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17A.
1966 May 25 14:00 - Thor Delta C1 436/D38 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
1967 Mar 8 16:12 - Thor Delta C 431/D46 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17A.
1967 Oct 18 15:58 - Thor Delta C1 490/D53 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
1969 Jan 22 16:48 - Thor Delta C1 487/D64 Cape Canaveral. LC: LC17B.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/space.html.
- Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets, Macmillan, New York, 1975.
- Wilson, Andrew, Spaceflight, "Delta Digest", 1979, Volume 10, page 413.
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