RetiredUnited Launch AllianceFirst Launch: 2004-12-21
Delta IV Heavy
Triple-core heavy-lift variant of the Delta IV family, formerly the United States' most powerful rocket, retired in 2024 after flying key national security missions.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
16
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
15
1 failures
SUCCESS RATE
93.8%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
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Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: United Launch AllianceVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 70.7 m
- Body Diameter
- 5.1 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 733.4 t
- Stages Count
- 2
- Fairing Diameter
- 5 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 28.8 t
- GTO Capacity
- 14.2 t
- Cost per Launch
- $400,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$13,894 / kg
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
2 photos & renders of Delta IV Heavy
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LiftoffOrbital Launch Vehicle
Commercial orbital rocket ascending from coastal launch range.
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PadLaunch Pad Gantry
Orbital launch mount and ground support umbilical tower.
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SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Delta IV Heavy.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.