Department of the Air Force Report, 1996

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D.3.1 Delta Launch History
The data in Table 43 summarizes all Delta and Delta-boosted space-vehicle launches
since the program began. A launch sequence number is provided in the first column
A launch ID and date are provided in columns 2 and 3. The fourth column indicates
the vehicle configuration. The fifth column indicates the launch range. The sixth
column indicates the failure-response mode (1 through 5 and NA) that RTI has
determined best describes the failure that occurred. For Mode 3 or 4 failures, a suffix of
'T' indicates the vehicle tumbled. Successful launches are indicated by a blank in the
Response-Mode column. The seventh column indicates the operational flight phase
during which the failure occurred. The last column indicates whether the vehicle
configuration is representative of those being launched today.
Launches through
sequence number 232 were used in the filtering process to estimate failure rate.
Table 43. Delta Launch History
No.
1
Mission/ID
ECHOI
Launch
Date
05/13/60
Vehicle
Confiauration
DM-19
Test
Ranae
ER
Response
Mode
4
Flight
Phase
2.5
Rep.
Cont.
0
2
3
ECHO IA
TIROSA2
08/12/60
11/23/60
DM-19
DM-19
ER
ER
0
0
4
P-14
03/25/61
DM-19
ER
0
5
TIROSA3
07/12/61
DM-19
ER
0
6
S-3
08/15/61
DM-19
ER
0
7
8
9
10
TIROS D
S-16
S-51
TIROS E
02/08/62
03/07/62
04/26/62
06/19/62
DM-19
DM-19
DM-19
DM-19
ER
ER
ER
ER
NA
5
0
0
0
0
11
TSX-1
07/10/62
DM-19
ER
0
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
TIROS F
S-3A
S-3B
RELAY A-15
SYNCOMA-25
S-6
TSX-2
TIROSG
SYNCOMA-26
IMPA
TIROS H
RELAY A-16
S-66
09/18/62
10/02/62
10/27/62
12/13/62
02/13/63
04/02/63
05/07/63
06/19/63
07/26/63
11/26/63
12/21/63
01/21/64
03/19/64
DM-19
ER
DSV-3A
ER
DSV-3A
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-3C
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-38
ER
DSV-38
ER
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
26
27
SYNCOM A-27
IMP-B
S-3C
08/19/64
10/03/64
12/21/64
DSV-3D
DSV-3C
DSV-3C
ER
ER
ER
NA
5
0
0
0
28
TIROSI
01/22/65
DSV-3C
ER
NA
2&5
0
29
OSO-B
02/03/65
DSV-3C
ER
0
30
COMSAT#1
04/06/65
DSV-3D
ER
0
9/10/96
136
RTI