List of Thor and Delta launches (2010–2019)
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As of October 2011, only the Delta IV remains in production. However, previously built hardware for five more Delta II vehicles exist and are available for purchase to launch customers. They would likely launch from Vandenberg AFB on polar-orbit missions, according to NASA & rocket manufacturer United Launch Alliance
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Rocket | S/N Serial number A serial number is a unique number assigned for identification which varies from its successor or predecessor by a fixed discrete integer value... |
Launch Site | Payload | Function | Orbit | Outcome | Remarks |
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348 | GOES-P | Weather satellite Weather satellite The weather satellite is a type of satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be either polar orbiting, seeing the same swath of the Earth every 12 hours, or geostationary, hovering over the same spot on Earth by orbiting over the equator while... |
High perigee GTO | Success | ||||
2010-05-28, 03:00 | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | 349 | CCAFS SLC-37B | USA-213 USA-213 USA-213, also known as GPS SVN-62 and GPS IIF SV-1 is the first satellite in the Block IIF series of Global Positioning System navigation satellites. It will be used to relay signals for the United States Air Force Navstar Global Positioning System . The satellite was launched at 03:00 GMT on 28... (GPS IIF SV-1 GPS Block IIF GPS Block IIF, or GPS IIF is an interim class of GPS satellite, which will be used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational until the Block IIIA satellites become operational. They are being built by Boeing, and will be operated by the United States Air Force following their launch... ) |
Navigation satellite | MEO Medium Earth Orbit Medium Earth orbit , sometimes called intermediate circular orbit , is the region of space around the Earth above low Earth orbit and below geostationary orbit .... |
Success | |
2010-11-06, 02:20 | Delta II Delta II Delta II was an American space launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II is part of the Delta rocket family and was in service from 1989 until November 1, 2011... 7420 |
350 | VAFB SLC-2W Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 Space Launch Complex 2 is an active rocket launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, USA. It consists of two launch pads. The East pad , which has been demolished, was used for Delta, Thor-Agena and Thorad launches between 1966 and 1972... |
COSMO-4 COSMO-SkyMed COSMO-SkyMed is an Earth observation satellite system funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and Ministry of Defence and... |
Earth imaging/reconnaissance | LEO | Success | Final use of the 7400 configuration series |
2010-11-21, 22:58 | Delta IV-H | 351 | CCAFS SLC-37B | USA-223 USA-223 USA-223, known before launch as NRO Launch 32 , is an American reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 2010. It is operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office.... (NROL-32) |
Reconnaissance satellite | Unknown | Success | |
2011 |
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2011-01-20, 21:10 | Delta IV-H | 352 | VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately northwest of Lompoc, California. It is under the jurisdiction of the 30th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command .... SLC-6 Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6 Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is a launch pad and support area. It was originally designed for the launching of the Titan III in support of the cancelled Manned Orbiting Laboratory, and was later rebuilt for the Space Shuttle, which also never used it due to... |
NROL-49 | Reconnaissance satellite | Unknown | Success | First Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg |
2011-03-11, 23:38 | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | 353 | CCAFS SLC-37B | NROL-27 | Reconnaissance satellite | Unknown | Success | |
2011-06-10, 14:20 | Delta II 7320 | 354 | VAFB SLC-2W | SAC-D SAC-D SAC-D , also known as Aquarius after its primary instrument, is an Argentine Earth science satellite built by INVAP and launched on June 10, 2011. It carries seven instruments to study the environment, and a technology demonstration experiment. Its primary instrument, Aquarius, was built by and... |
Earth science satellite | LEO | Success | Final use of the 7300 configuration series |
2011-07-16, 06:41 | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | 355 | CCAFS SLC-37B | GPS IIF-2 | Navigation | MEO | Success | |
2011-09-10, 13:08:52 | Delta II 7920-H | 356 | CCAFS SLC-17B | GRAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory is an American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program, which will use high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure... |
Lunar Mission | Lunar orbit Lunar orbit In astronomy, lunar orbit refers to the orbit of an object around the Moon.As used in the space program, this refers not to the orbit of the Moon about the Earth, but to orbits by various manned or unmanned spacecraft around the Moon... |
Success | |
2011-10-28, 09:48:01.828 | Delta II 7920-10 | 357 | VAFB SLC-2W | NPP NPOESS The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System was to be the United States' next-generation satellite system that would monitor the Earth's weather, atmosphere, oceans, land and near-space environment. NPOESS satellites were to host proven technologies and operational... |
Weather satellite | LEO | Success | Last planned Delta II as of launch date |
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2012-01-20, 00:38-02:11 UTC | Delta IV-M+(5,4) | CCAFS SLC-37B | WGS Wideband Global SATCOM system The Wideband Global SATCOM system is a satellite communications system planned for use in partnership by the United States Department of Defense and the Australian Department of Defence. The system is composed of the Space Segment satellites, the Terminal Segment users and the Control Segment... -4 |
Military comsat | GTO | Planned | ||
2012-03-29 | Delta IV-M+ (5,2) | VAFB SLC-6 | NRO NRO NRO may stand for:* National Reconnaissance Office, a United States intelligence agency whose primary purpose is the maintenance of that country's reconnaissance satellites* National Review Online, web version of the magazine National Review... L-25 |
Reconnaissance satellite | Unknown | Planned | First Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) launch | |
2012-06 | Delta IV-Heavy | CCAFS SLC-37B | NRO NRO NRO may stand for:* National Reconnaissance Office, a United States intelligence agency whose primary purpose is the maintenance of that country's reconnaissance satellites* National Review Online, web version of the magazine National Review... L-15 |
Unknown | Planned | |||
2012 | Delta IV-M+(5,4) | CCAFS SLC-37B | WGS Wideband Global SATCOM system The Wideband Global SATCOM system is a satellite communications system planned for use in partnership by the United States Department of Defense and the Australian Department of Defence. The system is composed of the Space Segment satellites, the Terminal Segment users and the Control Segment... -5 |
Military comsat | GTO | Planned | ||
TBD | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | SBIRS-GEO-3 Space-Based Infrared System The Space-Based Infrared System is a consolidated system intended to meet the United States' infrared space surveillance needs through the first two to three decades of the 21st century... |
Missile warning | GTO | Planned | ||
TBD | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | GPS-IIF-3 | Navigation | MEO | Planned | ||
TBD | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | GPS-IIF-5 | Navigation | MEO | Planned | ||
TBD | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | GPS-IIF-9 | Navigation | MEO | Planned | ||
TBD | Delta IV-M+ (4,2) | CCAFS SLC-37B | GPS-IIF-10 | Navigation | MEO | Planned | ||