Description of the Delta Model 904 and the Thor/Agena Model 9A4 scientific and applications satellite launch vehicles, with projections of future growth and launch costs. These launch vehicles are shown to offer scientific and applications satellite mission planners a broad spectrum in performance capabilities together with unprecedented mission flexibility. Depending on the mission, these two medium class launch vehicles can be configured on the new universal boattail (UBT) Thor booster in either two or three stages with thrust augmentation of the UBT ranging from three to nine strap-on solid propellant motors. Both vehicles incorporate strapdown inertial guidance systems that allow flexible mission programming by computer so ftware changes rather than by adjustments.


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    Title :

    The Delta and Thor/Agena launch vehicles for scientific and applications satellites.


    Contributors:
    Gunn, C. R. (author)

    Conference:

    In: Astronautical research 1970 ; 1970 ; Konstanz


    Publication date :

    1971-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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