📊 Analysis

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Rocket

Organization

Delta III 8930

Retired

Boeing

The Delta III rocket was an expendable launch vehicle made by Boeing. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998.

Total launches

Successes

Failures

Success rate

33.3 %

Success streak

Maiden flight

Aug 26, 1998

Reusable

Shortest launch interval ⓘ

250d 23h

Planned launches

Length

35 m

Diameter

4 m

Launch mass

301 t

Liftoff thrust

4,889 kN

Stages

LEO (low Earth orbit)

8,290 kg

GTO (geo transfer)

3,810 kg

of which in our database: 3

Successes Failures Other/planned