The Delta C, or Thor-Delta C was an American expendable launch system used for thirteen orbital launches between 1963 and 1969. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets.
The first stage was a Thor missile in the DSV-2A configuration, and the second stage was the , which was derived from the earlier . The baseline Delta C used an Altair-2 third stage, whilst the Delta C1 had an third stage, which provided a higher payload capacity than the Altair. It is unclear whether two or three launches were made using the C1 configuration.
The Delta C was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force StationLaunch Complex 17. Most launches carried NASA research satellites into low Earth orbit.[1][2]
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