Thor the IRBM - Remastered USAF 1959 Documentary - Missiles, Thor-Able, Cold War, Delta Rockets

Описание: Remastered Air Force documentary about the Thor missile development. The Thor and later Delta families of space launch vehicles used boosters derived from this initial Thor missile. Footage from tests, building and development are shown, including Thor-Able and first Pioneer Moon probes.

Original footage from USAF. Sound cleanup, film dust removal, conversion to the original 24 fps frame rate, geometry correction and color restoration by Retro Space HD.

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The PGM-17A Thor was the first operational ballistic missile of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Named after the Norse god of thunder, it was deployed in the United Kingdom between 1959 and September 1963 as an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with thermonuclear warheads. Thor was 65 feet (20 m) in height and 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter. It was later augmented in the U.S. IRBM arsenal by the Jupiter.

The Thor and later Delta families of space launch vehicles used boosters derived from the initial Thor missile.

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