Delta family of rockets

E947961

expendable launch vehicle family family of rockets

The Delta family of rockets is a series of American expendable launch vehicles, derived from early ballistic missile technology, that has been widely used for launching satellites and space probes since the 1960s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Delta family of rockets canonical	1
Thor-Delta launch vehicle family	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ family of rockets ⓘ
basedOn	PGM-17 Thor NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	American space launch vehicles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
derivedFrom	Thor ballistic missile NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstLaunchYear	1960 ⓘ
hasVariant	Delta (original series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta II NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta III NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta IV Heavy NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchesFrom	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Vandenberg Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ Vandenberg Space Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer	Boeing ⓘ Douglas Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonnell Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLaunch	Dawn spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ GOES weather satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ GPS satellites ⓘ ISEE-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kepler space telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Landsat satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ MESSENGER NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars Global Surveyor NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars Pathfinder NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ Parker Solar Probe NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	NASA ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
operator	United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Thor-Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsionType	liquid-fueled core stage ⓘ
reliability	high launch success rate ⓘ
serviceEntryDecade	1960s ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
technologyOrigin	early ballistic missile technology ⓘ
usedFor	Earth observation missions ⓘ communications satellite launches ⓘ interplanetary missions ⓘ military satellite launches ⓘ navigation satellite launches ⓘ satellite launches ⓘ scientific satellite launches ⓘ space probe launches ⓘ weather satellite launches ⓘ
usesBooster	solid rocket boosters ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B → supportedLaunchVehicle → Delta family of rockets ⓘ

Thor rocket → family → Delta family of rockets ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thor-Delta launch vehicle family