Thor was a US space launch vehicle derived from the PGM-17 Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile. The Thor rocket was the first member of the Delta rocket family of space launch vehicles. The last
Thor-Able with Pioneer 1 at Cape Canaveral in Florida
Thor-Ablestar with Transit VBN-2 (December 1963)
Thor-Delta with Tiros 4 (February 1962)
Thor-Agena B with Discoverer 37 on launch pad (January 1962).
The PGM-17A Thor was the first operative ballistic missile of the United States Air Force. It was named after the Norse god of thunder. It was deployed in the United Kingdom with the Royal Air Force b
Thor (rocket family)
…Thor was a US space launch vehicle derived from the PGM-17 Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile. The Thor rocket was the first member of the Delta rocket family of space launch vehicles. The last launch of a…
A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile.
Thor-Able at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum, Florida
Thor 101 on a launch pad, January 1957
Missile 151, nicknamed "Tune Up", on 16 December 1958, just prior to its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The successful test was conducted a year after the base was activated.