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Thor

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

Manufacturer unknownRetired
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Variants
89
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
609
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
Unknown
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
200850
200980
201010
201130
201410
201510
201710
201810

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource

No performance specs

No structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
ICESAT-2
Delta 7420-10C
Sep 15, 2018
NOAA-20 Mission
Delta 7920-10C
Nov 18, 2017
SMAP Mission
Delta 7320-10C
Jan 31, 2015
OCO-2 Mission

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Delta 0300
Not stated3Retired
Delta 0900
Not stated2Retired
Delta 1410
Not stated1Retired
Delta 1604
Not stated2Retired
Delta 7320-10C
Jul 2, 2014
NPP
Delta 7920-10C
Oct 28, 2011
GRAIL-A/GRAIL-B
Delta 7920H
Sep 10, 2011
SAC-D
Delta 7320-10C
Jun 10, 2011
COSMO 4 Mission
Delta 7420-10C
Nov 6, 2010

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Delta 1900
Not stated1Retired
Delta 1910
Not stated1Retired
Delta 1913
Not stated1Retired
Delta 1914
Not stated2Retired
Delta 2310
Not stated3Retired
Delta 2313
Not stated3Retired
Delta 2910
Not stated6Retired
Delta 2913
Not stated2Retired
Delta 2914
Not stated26Retired
Delta 2914 C
Not stated4Retired
Delta 3910
Not stated10Retired
Delta 3913
Not stated1Retired
Delta 3914
Not stated12Retired
Delta 3920
Not stated9Retired
Delta 3920-8
Not stated1Retired
Delta 3924
Not stated5Retired
Delta 4925-8
Not stated2Retired
Delta 5920-8
Not stated1Retired
Delta 6920-10
Not stated2Retired
Delta 6920-8
Not stated1Retired
Delta 6925
Not stated13Retired
Delta 6925-8
Not stated1Retired
Delta 7320-10
Not stated4Retired
Delta 7320-10C
Not stated8Retired
Delta 7326-9.5
Not stated3Retired
Delta 7420-10C
Not stated14Retired
Delta 7425-10
Not stated1Retired
Delta 7425-9.5
Not stated3Retired
Delta 7426-9.5
Not stated1Retired
Delta 7920-10
Not stated6Retired
Delta 7920-10C
Not stated20Retired
Delta 7920-10L
Not stated2Retired
Delta 7920-8
Not stated1Retired
Delta 7920H
Not stated3Retired
Delta 7925
Not stated34Retired
Delta 7925-10
Not stated2Retired
Delta 7925-10C
Not stated1Retired
Delta 7925-10L
Not stated2Retired
Delta 7925-8
Not stated2Retired
Delta 7925-9.5
Not stated28Retired
Delta 7925H
Not stated3Retired
Delta 8930
Not stated3Retired
H-1
Not stated5Retired
H-1 (2)
Not stated3Retired
H-1 6R
Not stated1Retired
N-1
Not stated7Retired
N-2
Not stated7Retired
N-2 (2)
Not stated1Retired
Thor Able I
Not stated3Retired
Thor Able II
Not stated1Retired
Thor Able III
Not stated1Retired
Thor Able II M1
Not stated1Retired
Thor Able IV
Not stated1Retired
Thor Ablestar
Not stated12Retired
Thor Ablestar 2
Not stated7Retired
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D
Not stated30Retired
Thorad SLV-2H Agena D
Not stated13Retired
Thor Agena A
Not stated15Retired
Thor Agena B
Not stated40Retired
Thor Agena D
Not stated13Retired
Thor Burner 1
Not stated4Retired
Thor Burner 2
Not stated12Retired
Thor Burner 2A
Not stated8Retired
Thor Delta
Not stated12Retired
Thor Delta A
Not stated2Retired
Thor Delta B
Not stated9Retired
Thor Delta C
Not stated10Retired
Thor Delta C1
Not stated3Retired
Thor Delta D
Not stated2Retired
Thor Delta E
Not stated6Retired
Thor Delta E1
Not stated17Retired
Thor Delta G
Not stated2Retired
Thor Delta J
Not stated1Retired
Thor Delta L
Not stated2Retired
Thor Delta M
Not stated12Retired
Thor Delta M6
Not stated1Retired
Thor Delta N
Not stated6Retired
Thor Delta N6
Not stated2Retired
Thor DSV-2U
Not stated5Retired
Thor MG-18
Not stated2Retired
Thor SLV-2A Agena B
Not stated2Retired
Thor SLV-2A Agena D
Not stated59Retired
Thor SLV-2A Agena D 2
Not stated2Retired
Thor SLV-2 Agena B
Not stated3Retired
Thor SLV-2 Agena D
Not stated8Retired
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Mentions
73
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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Thor X delivers up to 18x faster processing compared to CPUs based on benchmarking on the SemanticKITTI dataset.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Jun 24, 2022Anari AI Launched Thor X – the First “System-on-Cloud” for Processing 3D Point Clouds
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Thor X primarily focuses on providing custom hardware acceleration for industries such as geospatial, BIM, digital twin, and metaverse.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.4Jun 24, 2022Anari AI Launched Thor X – the First “System-on-Cloud” for Processing 3D Point Clouds

Thor X is designed to specifically respond to the needs of 3D point cloud datasets obtained from LiDAR scanning or photogrammetry.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Jun 24, 2022Anari AI Launched Thor X – the First “System-on-Cloud” for Processing 3D Point Clouds

Thor X is Anari AI's first 'System-on-Cloud', specialized in semantic segmentation of 3D point cloud data structures.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 24, 2022Anari AI Launched Thor X – the First “System-on-Cloud” for Processing 3D Point Clouds

Thor X enables 30x more efficient processing compared to the best GPUs on the market.

CapabilityValue 3.0Jun 24, 2022Anari AI Launched Thor X – the First “System-on-Cloud” for Processing 3D Point Clouds

The PGM-17A Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile built by Douglas Aircraft Company lifted off from Launch Facility 75-1-1 (now Space Launch Complex-2 East) on 1958-12-16.

GeneralValue 4.5Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

MEV-2 docked directly onto THOR 10-02 and is providing the space equivalent of a jetpack to extend the satellite’s operational life.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 12, 2021Telenor’s THOR 10-02 Satellite Is Now Docked With Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 For On-Orbit Servicing

THOR 10-02 was first launched in 2004.

GeneralValue 3.0Apr 12, 2021Telenor’s THOR 10-02 Satellite Is Now Docked With Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 For On-Orbit Servicing

THOR 10-02 carries thousands of communication links serving vessels on busy shipping lanes, offshore fields, broadcasting services, and land-based services in remote locations.

CapabilityValue 4.0Apr 12, 2021Telenor’s THOR 10-02 Satellite Is Now Docked With Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 For On-Orbit Servicing

Space Logistics, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, was contracted by Intelsat (the operator at 1° West) to deploy MEV-2 to prolong the operational life of THOR 10-02 because the satellite’s on-board propellant was due to run out toward the end of 2021.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.7Apr 12, 2021Telenor’s THOR 10-02 Satellite Is Now Docked With Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 For On-Orbit Servicing

MEV-2 has taken over control of THOR 10-02’s orbit and pointing and will continue to control the satellite until its planned retirement in approximately five years.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Apr 12, 2021Telenor’s THOR 10-02 Satellite Is Now Docked With Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2 For On-Orbit Servicing

A Delta 2 launched Hughes Space and Communications’ Thor 2 broadcasting satellite from Cape Canaveral on 1997-05-24.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Oct 15, 2018Delta 2 finishes its 29-year run as America’s trusty medium-lift workhorse

The Reagan Administration awarded McDonnell Douglas a contract in 1987 to upgrade its Delta rocket, a modified Air Force Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile, following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

RelationshipsPlanLegalValue 4.0Oct 15, 2018Delta 2 finishes its 29-year run as America’s trusty medium-lift workhorse