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Family: Delta. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.
SpecificationsLaunches: 7. Failures: 0. Success Rate: 100.00% pct. First Launch Date: 23 September 1972. Last Launch Date: 21 June 1975. Liftoff Thrust: 233,260 kgf. Total Mass: 130,286 kg. Core Diameter: 2.4 m. Total Length: 35.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 26.49 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
- Stage Number: 0. 9 x Castor 2 Gross Mass: 4,424 kg. Empty Mass: 695 kg. Thrust (vac): 26,402 kgf. Isp: 262 sec. Burn time: 37 sec. Isp(sl): 232 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 6.0 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. TX-354-3
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Delta Thor ELT Gross Mass: 84,067 kg. Empty Mass: 4,059 kg. Thrust (vac): 105,052 kgf. Isp: 296 sec. Burn time: 222 sec. Isp(sl): 262 sec. Diameter: 2.4 m. Span: 2.4 m. Length: 22.4 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. RS-27
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Delta F Gross Mass: 5,629 kg. Empty Mass: 784 kg. Thrust (vac): 4,218 kgf. Isp: 280 sec. Burn time: 335 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 1.4 m. Span: 1.4 m. Length: 6.3 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH No Engines: 1. AJ10-118F
- Stage Number: 3. 1 x Burner 2 Gross Mass: 774 kg. Empty Mass: 116 kg. Thrust (vac): 4,441 kgf. Isp: 285 sec. Burn time: 42 sec. Isp(sl): 220 sec. Diameter: 0.7 m. Span: 0.7 m. Length: 0.8 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. Star 37
Delta 1914 Chronology
1972 Sep 23 - - 01:20 GMT. LV Configuration: Delta 1604 s/n 579 / Delta s/n 90. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17B.
- Explorer 47 Spacecraft: IMP. Payload: IMP H. Mass: 376 kg.
Investigated cislunar radiation, Earth's magnetosphere, interplantary magnetic field. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
1972 Nov 10 - - 01:14 GMT. LV Configuration: Delta 1914 s/n 580 / Delta s/n 92. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17B.
- Anik A1 Spacecraft: HS 333. Payload: Telesat 1. Mass: 557 kg.
Anik I and Anik II also registered as United States objects. .The satellites, act as space repeaters capable of receiving transmissions from earth stations and retransmitting them to other earth stations in Canada. The antenna coverage of the satellite pr ovides the capability of serving virtually all of Canada. Anik I and II had weights of 1240.59 lb and 1246.48 lb. Each satellite has 12 RF channels each capable of transmitting a color television signal or up to 900 one-way voice channels.
1973 Apr 20 - - 23:47 GMT. LV Configuration: Delta 1914 s/n 583 / Delta s/n 94. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17B.
- Anik A2 Spacecraft: HS 333. Payload: Telesat 2. Mass: 272 kg.
Anik I and Anik II also registered as United States objects. .The satellites, act as space repeaters capable of receiving transmissions from earth stations and retransmitting them to other earth stations in Canada. The antenna coverage of the satellite pr ovides the capability of serving virtually all of Canada. Anik I and II had weights of 1240.59 lb and 1246.48 lb. Each satellite has 12 RF channels each capable of transmitting a color television signal or up to 900 one-way voice channels.
1973 Jun 10 - - 14:13 GMT. LV Configuration: Delta 1913 s/n 581 / Delta s/n 95. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17B.
1973 Oct 26 - - 02:26 GMT. LV Configuration: Delta 1604 s/n 582 / Delta s/n 97. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17B.
- Explorer 50 Spacecraft: IMP. Payload: IMP J. Mass: 371 kg.
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Solar flare and radiation monitor. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
1973 Dec 16 - - 06:18 GMT. LV Configuration: Delta 1900 s/n 585 / Delta s/n 99. Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC2W.
1975 Jun 21 - - 11:43 GMT. LV Configuration: Delta 1910 s/n 586 / Delta s/n 112. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC17B.
Bibliography:- 34 - Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets, Macmillan, New York, 1975.
- 140 - Wilson, Andrew, Spaceflight, "Delta Digest", 1979, Volume 10, page 413.
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