Delta B no. 22 - Delta B no. 22 - COSPAR 1963-054 20,073 bytes. 152 x 421 pixels.

Launches: 9. Failures: 1. Success Rate: 88.89% pct. First Launch Date: 13 December 1962. Last Launch Date: 19 March 1964. Payload: 68 kg. to a: Geosynchronous transfer trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 68,040 kgf. Total Mass: 51,285 kg. Core Diameter: 2.4 m. Total Length: 31.0 m. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 9.59 million. in 1985 unit dollars.

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Thor DM-21 Gross Mass: 48,354 kg. Empty Mass: 2,948 kg. Thrust (vac): 77,564 kgf. Isp: 285 sec. Burn time: 164 sec. Isp(sl): 250 sec. Diameter: 2.4 m. Span: 2.4 m. Length: 18.4 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. MB-3-1

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Delta D Gross Mass: 2,693 kg. Empty Mass: 545 kg. Thrust (vac): 3,436 kgf. Isp: 278 sec. Burn time: 170 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 0.8 m. Span: 0.8 m. Length: 5.6 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH No Engines: 1. AJ10-118D

• Stage Number: 3. 1 x Altair 1 Gross Mass: 238 kg. Empty Mass: 30 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,270 kgf. Isp: 256 sec. Burn time: 38 sec. Isp(sl): 233 sec. Diameter: 0.5 m. Span: 0.5 m. Length: 1.8 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. X-248

• Relay 1 Spacecraft: Relay. Payload: NASA A-15. Mass: 78 kg.

  Communications satellite technology tests. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Syncom I; Syncom 1 Spacecraft: Syncom. Payload: Syncom 1. Mass: 39 kg.

  Experimental commsat; lost contact following orbital injection. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Explorer 17 Spacecraft: AE. Payload: AE A (S-6). Mass: 185 kg.

  Atmospheric research. Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• Telstar 2 Spacecraft: Telstar. Mass: 79 kg.

  Active repeater. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Tiros 7 Spacecraft: Tiros. Payload: Tiros G (A-52). Mass: 135 kg.

  Returned over 150000 cloud cover images. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Syncom 2 Spacecraft: Syncom. Mass: 39 kg.

  Experimental commsat; 1st geosynchronous satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Tiros 8 Spacecraft: Tiros. Payload: Tiros H (A-53). Mass: 119 kg.

  Returned more than 100,000 cloud cover images. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Relay 2 Spacecraft: Relay. Payload: Relay B. Mass: 78 kg.

  Experimental commsat. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• Explorer (20) Spacecraft: BE. Payload: Beacon Explorer A. Mass: 54 kg.

  Also known as Explorer S-66.

• 34 - Gatland, Kenneth, Missiles and Rockets, Macmillan, New York, 1975.
• 140 - Wilson, Andrew, Spaceflight, "Delta Digest", 1979, Volume 10, page 413.