The most powerful American launch vehicle of its era before SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, built from three Delta IV Common Booster Cores strapped together. It launched some of the U.S. government's heaviest and most classified national-security payloads, along with NASA's uncrewed Orion test flight in 2014, until its retirement in 2024.
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Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerBoeing / United Launch Alliance 1 First Flight Date StatusRetired in 2024 after its final flight, a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. 1 Payload to LEO (kg)Approximately 28,790 kg. 1 Status
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1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
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Heavy lift all-cryogenic launch vehicle using two Delta-4 core vehicles as first stage flanking a single core vehicle as second stage.
- Operated By: United Launch Alliance
- Part Of: Delta IV
Delta IV Heavy (Wikipedia)
In Group: Delta Rocket Family, Lead sentence
The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) was an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest member of the Delta IV family.
Has Vehicle Class: Expendable Launch System, Lead sentence
The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) was an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest member of the Delta IV family.
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