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Delta III 8930

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Specifications

Status: retired
Height: 35 m
Diameter: 4 m
Mass: 301,000 kg
Stages: 2
Thrust: 4,889 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,290 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
First flight: 1998-08-26
Total launches: 3
Success / Fail: 1 / 2

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

Propulsion

First stage

RS-27A1,054 kN

RP-1 / LOX · gas-generator

RocketdyneIsp 302s (vac)since 1990

Second stage

AJ-1043 kN

NTO / Aerozine-50 · pressure-fed

Aerojet RocketdyneIsp 319s (vac)since 1962

Payloads it launched

2 loaded