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Delta IV M
RetiredUnited Launch Alliance
Delta IV is a group of five expendable launch systems in the Delta rocket family introduced in the early 2000s. Originally designed by Boeing's Defense, Space & Security division for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, the Delta IV became a United Launch Alliance (ULA) product in 2006. The Delta IV was and is primarily a launch vehicle for United States Air Force military payloads, but has also been used to launch a number of U.S. government non-military payloads and a single commercial satellite.
Key figures
Total launches
3
Successes
3
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
3
Maiden flight
Mar 11, 2003
Launch cost
$164 Mio.
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
171d 22h
Planned launches
0
Delta, Delta IV family total
45 launches · 44 successes · 1 failures (5 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Delta IV M” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Delta, Delta IV family totals 45 launches across 5 variants.
Technology
Length
63 m
Diameter
5 m
Launch mass
250 t
Liftoff thrust
2,890 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
8,600 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
3,900 kg
Launches per year
of which in our database: 3
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia