Thor Delta N6 Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Thor Delta N6, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. It is one of the variants covered on the Thor family page.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Thor Delta N6 made 3 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1970 and 1971. It is part of the Thor family. Of those, 2 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 67 percent. The busiest year was 1970, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1971.

3
Launch attempts
2
Successes
1
Failures
67%
Success rate

Launches per year

Successes Failures Each bar links to that year's full chronology.

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
1971 1 0 1 0%
1970 2 2 0 100%

Launch sites used

Sites the Thor Delta N6 launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
V 🇺🇸United States 3 2 1

Launch chronology

Every Thor Delta N6 launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
Oct 21, 1971 1971-091 572/D086 : Improved Delta PLF, LT Thor DSV-2L-1C 572, Castor 2
+4 more , [For UN reg bookkeeping], deb Delta 86, DSV-3E-3 86, ITOS B
V / SLC2E Failure
Dec 11, 1970 1970-106 546/D081 : Improved Delta PLF, LT Thor DSV-2L-1C 546, Castor 2
+5 more , Castor 1, DSV-3E-3 81, [UNID072] RCS 0.01, CEP, ITOS A
V / SLC2W Success
Jan 23, 1970 1970-008 542/D076 : Improved Delta PLF, LT Thor DSV-2L-1C 542, Castor 2
+4 more , Castor 1, DSV-3E-3 76, Australis, Tiros M
V / SLC2W Success