Tiros 4
Thor Delta
United States Air Force
Launch Status
SuccessMission
Tiros 4
Type: Earth Science
NASA’s TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weather satellite program.
Location
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
872 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Thor Delta – McDonnell Douglas
- Family: Thor
- Length: 31 m
- Diameter: 2.44 m
- Launch Mass: 54 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 226 kg
The Thor Delta was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas with the first launch on 1960-05-13. Thor Delta has 8 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 9 launches. American orbital launch vehicle. Commercial name for the military’s Thor-Delta.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
