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For the submarine, see <a href="/wiki/Delta_III-class_submarine" title="Delta III-class submarine">Delta III-class submarine</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox hproduct"><caption class="infobox-title">Delta III</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Delta_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Delta_logo.png/70px-Delta_logo.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Delta_logo.png/105px-Delta_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Delta_logo.png/140px-Delta_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="310" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Delta_III.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Delta_III.svg/90px-Delta_III.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Delta_III.svg/135px-Delta_III.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Delta_III.svg/180px-Delta_III.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="90" data-file-height="334" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Delta III rocket diagram</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Function</th><td class="infobox-data">Orbital <a href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">launch vehicle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data brand"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> (design, manufacturing and assembly)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a> (RP-1 tank and upper stage manufacturing)</li><li><a href="/wiki/NASDA" class="mw-redirect" title="NASDA">NASDA</a> (upper stage design)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Beyond_Gravity" title="Beyond Gravity">Contraves</a>/<a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">ESA</a> (fairing and payload adapters)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Size</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">35 m (115 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">4 m (13 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">301,450 kg (664,580 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stages</th><td class="infobox-data">2 or 3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Capacity <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddf;">Payload to <a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">LEO</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">8,290 kg (18,280 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-Datasheet_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Datasheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddf;">Payload to <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">GTO</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">3,810 kg (8,400 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-Datasheet_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Datasheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Associated rockets</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Launch history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Retired</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch sites</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17">SLC-17B</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total launches</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Success(es)</th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Failure(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Partial failure(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">26 August 1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last flight</th><td class="infobox-data">23 August 2000</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Boosters – <a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM 46</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">No. boosters</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">628.3 kN (141,200 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">273 seconds (2.68 km/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">75 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ammonium_perchlorate_composite_propellant" title="Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant">AP</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl-terminated_polybutadiene" title="Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene">HTPB</a> / <a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">Al</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">First stage</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">1 × <a href="/wiki/RS-27A" class="mw-redirect" title="RS-27A">RS-27A</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">1,085.79 kN (244,100 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">254 seconds (2.49 km/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">260 seconds<sup id="cite_ref-d3ppg_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d3ppg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LOX" class="mw-redirect" title="LOX">LOX</a>/<a href="/wiki/RP-1" title="RP-1">RP-1</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Second stage – <a href="/wiki/Delta_Cryogenic_Second_Stage" title="Delta Cryogenic Second Stage">DCSS</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">1 × <a href="/wiki/RL10" title="RL10">RL10</a>B</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">110.03 kN (24,740 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">462 seconds (4.53 km/s)<sup id="cite_ref-slrd3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slrd3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">700 seconds<sup id="cite_ref-d3ppg_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d3ppg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LOX" class="mw-redirect" title="LOX">LOX</a> / <a href="/wiki/LH2" class="mw-redirect" title="LH2">LH2</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Third stage (Optional) – <a href="/wiki/Star_48B" class="mw-redirect" title="Star 48B">Star 48B</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">66.723 kN (15,000 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">286 seconds (2.80 km/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">87 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/HTPB" class="mw-redirect" title="HTPB">HTPB</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="metadata" style="text-align: right;">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49541" class="extiw" title="d:Q49541">edit on Wikidata</a>]</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Delta III</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Expendable_launch_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Expendable launch vehicle">expendable launch vehicle</a> made by <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> (later acquired by <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>). Development was canceled before the vehicle became operational. The vehicle is the third generation of the <a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta rocket family</a>, developed from the highly successful <a href="/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II">Delta II</a> to help meet the launch demand of larger satellites. While the Delta III never had a successful launch, some of the technologies developed were used in its successor, the <a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta IV</a>. </p><p>The Delta III was the first to use the <a href="/wiki/Delta_Cryogenic_Second_Stage" title="Delta Cryogenic Second Stage">Delta Cryogenic Second Stage</a>, which was designed by the <a href="/wiki/National_Space_Development_Agency_of_Japan" title="National Space Development Agency of Japan">National Space Development Agency of Japan</a> based on the second stage it developed for the <a href="/wiki/H-IIA" title="H-IIA">H-IIA</a> rocket and built by <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a>. <a href="/wiki/Beyond_Gravity" title="Beyond Gravity">Contraves</a> built the fairing and payload adapters based on designs it used on the <a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">Ariane 4</a>. </p><p>The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of its three flights, the first two were failures, and the third, though declared successful, reached the low end of its targeted orbit range and carried only a dummy (inert) payload. The Delta III could deliver up to 3,810 kilograms (8,400 lb) to <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">geostationary transfer orbit</a>, twice the payload of its predecessor, the Delta II.<sup id="cite_ref-Datasheet_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Datasheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the four-digit designation system from <a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)#Delta_numbering_system" title="Delta (rocket family)">earlier Delta rockets</a>, the Delta III is classified as the Delta 8930. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_III&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the continual size and mass growth of commercial satellites in the late 1980s, McDonnell Douglas realized the need for a higher-performance rocket than even their new <a href="/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II">Delta II</a>. New satellite bus offerings from <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Aircraft_Company" title="Hughes Aircraft Company">Hughes</a> required a launch vehicle with a 4-meter diameter payload fairing as well as the ability to send 3.5 tons of payload to a <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">geostationary transfer orbit</a> – neither of which Delta II offered.<sup id="cite_ref-slr_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Multiple options for evolving the Delta II to support larger payloads were considered in the late 1980s and early 1990s, namely using higher-performing liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen upper stages. Eventually, the Delta III was announced in 1995, boasting an evolved Delta II first stage and a second stage based on that of the Japanese <a href="/wiki/H-II" title="H-II">H-II</a> rocket. This led to Delta III being similar in size to Delta II, meaning that the existing Delta II infrastructure at <a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_Complex_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Launch Complex 17">SLC-17B</a> could be used after some modifications. Soon after the announcement, Hughes placed an order for 13 Delta III launches.<sup id="cite_ref-slr_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Delta III would only fly three times. The first two launches, both carrying live satellites, ended in failure. The third and final launch, carrying a dummy payload, was only partially successful after the RL-10B second-stage engine shut down prematurely. After commercial interest declined, the Delta III program was officially ended in 2003. Boeing then transitioned their focus to the new <a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta IV</a> rocket, which was much more capable than Delta III.<sup id="cite_ref-slr_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Multiple Delta III rockets were already built and would have been unused, but they were cannibalized for parts for both Delta II and Delta IV.<sup id="cite_ref-slr_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_III&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Delta III was developed from the Delta II rocket. The new vehicle sported a modified first stage and a new, more efficient upper stage. This led to Delta III having around double the payload capacity of Delta II. However, the consecutive failures of the initial Delta IIIs, combined with the more advanced <a href="/wiki/Delta_IV_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Delta IV rocket">Delta IV</a> program and the continuing success of the Delta II, left the Delta III as an interim vehicle.<sup id="cite_ref-slrd3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slrd3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_stage">First stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_III&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like the Delta II, the first stage of the Delta III burned kerosene and liquid oxygen and was powered by one <a href="/wiki/Rocketdyne" title="Rocketdyne">Rocketdyne</a> <a href="/wiki/RS-27A" class="mw-redirect" title="RS-27A">RS-27A</a> main engine with two <a href="/w/index.php?title=LR-101&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LR-101 (page does not exist)">LR-101</a>-NA-11 vernier engines for roll control.<sup id="cite_ref-anx_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anx-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vernier engines were also used for attitude control after the main engine shut down, just before the second stage separated.<sup id="cite_ref-d3ppg_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d3ppg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the propellant load and gross mass of the stage were nearly identical to the Delta II, the diameter of the kerosene tank was increased from 2.4 meters to 4 meters, while its height was reduced. The liquid oxygen tank and engine section remained largely unchanged. The redesigned kerosene tank reduced the overall length of the stage and, combined with the increased height of the second stage, allowed Delta III to use the same launch facilities as Delta II with only minor modifications.<sup id="cite_ref-Datasheet_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Datasheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first stage thrust was augmented by nine <a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM</a>-46 solid rocket boosters, sometimes referred to as GEM LDXL (Large Diameter Extended Length). These were 14.7 m (48 ft) meters in length, 1.2 m (46 inches) in diameter, and had a mass of 19 metric tons each, about six metric tons more than the Delta II's standard GEM-40 motors. Six were ignited on the launch pad, while the remaining three were ignited just before burnout and separation of the ground-lit boosters. To maintain steering authority, three of the ground-lit boosters had <a href="/wiki/Thrust_vectoring" title="Thrust vectoring">vectoring nozzles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Datasheet_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Datasheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GEM-46 boosters would later find use on Delta II, creating the Delta II Heavy variant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delta_Cryogenic_Second_Stage">Delta Cryogenic Second Stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_III&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Delta Cryogenic Second Stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delta_III_second_stage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Delta_III_second_stage.jpg/170px-Delta_III_second_stage.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Delta_III_second_stage.jpg/255px-Delta_III_second_stage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Delta_III_second_stage.jpg/340px-Delta_III_second_stage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2690" /></a><figcaption>A Delta III <a href="/wiki/Delta_Cryogenic_Second_Stage" title="Delta Cryogenic Second Stage">DCSS upper stage</a> undergoing testing at <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Research_Center#Plum_Brook_Field_Station" title="Glenn Research Center">Plum Brook Field Station</a> in January 1998</figcaption></figure> <p>The second stage of the Delta III was the newly developed <a href="/wiki/Delta_Cryogenic_Second_Stage" title="Delta Cryogenic Second Stage">Delta Cryogenic Second Stage</a> (DCSS), which burned liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. It was developed and manufactured partly by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and was based on the second stage of <a href="/wiki/JAXA" title="JAXA">JAXA</a>'s H-IIA rocket. Boeing was in charge of preliminary design and the development of new technologies, while Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was responsible for manufacturing. The liquid hydrogen tank was 4 m (13 ft) meters in diameter while the separate liquid oxygen tank (attached by a truss to the bottom of the hydrogen tank) was around 3 m (9.8 ft) meters in diameter. This stage offered significantly better performance than the Delta II's second stage, the <a href="/wiki/Delta-K" title="Delta-K">Delta-K</a>, which burned hypergolic propellants.<sup id="cite_ref-Datasheet_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Datasheet-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The DCSS was powered by a <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney" title="Pratt & Whitney">Pratt & Whitney</a> <a href="/wiki/RL10" title="RL10">RL10</a>B-2 engine, derived from the RL10 powering the <a href="/wiki/Centaur_(rocket_stage)" title="Centaur (rocket stage)">Centaur</a> upper stage but featuring electromechanical actuators for gimbal control and an extending nozzle for increased performance.<sup id="cite_ref-anx_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anx-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Delta III's retirement, the DCSS design was modified for use as the Delta IV's second stage in both the original 4-meter diameter form factor as well as a larger 5-meter diameter stage.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further refinement of the 5-meter diameter DCSS, known as the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, is used on the Block I <a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">Space Launch System</a> rocket. </p><p>Control of the second stage was provided by 4 sets of hydrazine thrusters installed around the bottom of the liquid oxygen tank. During engine burns, these thrusters only provided roll control (as the engine itself could gimbal for pitch and yaw). During coast periods, these would then provide 3-axis control. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Star_48B_third_stage">Star 48B third stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_III&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Star 48B third stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Delta III was offered with an optional Star 48B solid-fueled third stage. It would have been attached on top of the DCSS and contained inside the payload fairing. The Star 48B would have been used for high-energy orbits, like geostationary or interplanetary missions.<sup id="cite_ref-d3ppg_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d3ppg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was never flown on Delta III but was commonly used on Delta II missions. The Star 48B has also seen use on Delta IV and Atlas V. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Payload_fairing">Payload fairing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_III&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Payload fairing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Delta III's payload fairing was a new <a href="/wiki/Composite_material" title="Composite material">composite</a> design, matching the upper stage hydrogen tank's 4 m (13 ft) diameter and allowing larger payloads than the Delta II's 9.5 or 10-foot-diameter fairing. Delta III's 4-meter fairing was derived from Delta II's 10 ft composite fairing.<sup id="cite_ref-d3ppg_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d3ppg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fairing design would later be repurposed on the Delta IV Medium. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Launches">Launches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_III&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Launches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/List_of_Delta_III_launches" title="List of Delta III launches">List of Delta III launches</a>. <span class="plainlinks" style="font-style: normal; font-size:85%;">(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Delta_III_launches&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Delta_III_launches&action=history">history</a>)</span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Flight Number </th> <th scope="col">Date / time (<a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>) </th> <th scope="col">Rocket <br />Configuration </th> <th scope="col">Launch site </th> <th scope="col">Payload </th> <th scope="col">Payload mass </th> <th scope="col">Orbit </th> <th scope="col">Customer </th> <th scope="col">Launch <br /> outcome </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center;">1 </th> <td>August 27, 1998<br />01:17 </td> <td>Delta III 8930 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">CCAFS SLC-17B</a> </td> <td>Galaxy 10 </td> <td>700 kg (1,500 lb) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">GTO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PanAmSat" title="PanAmSat">PanAmSat</a> / <a href="/wiki/Intelsat" title="Intelsat">Intelsat</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Failure </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Maiden flight of Delta III. Destroyed by range safety after control problems and depletion of hydraulic fluid. <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">Communications satellite</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">2 </th> <td>May 5, 1999<br />01:00 </td> <td>Delta III 8930 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">CCAFS SLC-17B</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orion_3_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orion 3 (satellite)">Orion 3</a> </td> <td>4,300 kg (9,500 lb) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">GTO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loral_Space_%26_Communications" title="Loral Space & Communications">Loral</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-failure">Failure<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Second stage engine failure. Payload placed in <a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">low Earth orbit</a>, declared too low and <a href="/wiki/Loral_Space_%26_Communications" title="Loral Space & Communications">Loral</a> called satellite lost. Communications satellite. </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">3 </th> <td>August 23, 2000<br />11:05 </td> <td>Delta III 8930 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">CCAFS SLC-17B</a> </td> <td>DM-F3 </td> <td>4,383 kg (9,663 lb) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">GTO</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/US_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="US Air Force">US Air Force</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFB; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-partial">Partial failure<sup id="cite_ref-delta280_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delta280-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8">Reached lower than planned orbit. Final flight of Delta III. 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title="LandSpace">Zhuque</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LandSpace#Zhuque-3" title="LandSpace">3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuljanah_(rocket)" title="Zuljanah (rocket)">Zuljanah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retired</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">130</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">230+</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_(rocket_family)" title="Ariane (rocket family)">Ariane</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_1" title="Ariane 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_2" title="Ariane 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_3" title="Ariane 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_5" title="Ariane 5">5</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augmented_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle">ASLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_(rocket_family)" title="Athena (rocket family)">Athena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athena_I" title="Athena I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_II" title="Athena II">II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(rocket_family)" title="Atlas (rocket family)">Atlas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SM-65B_Atlas" title="SM-65B Atlas">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65D_Atlas" title="SM-65D Atlas">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_E/F" title="Atlas E/F">E/F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_G" title="Atlas G">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_H" title="Atlas H">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_I" title="Atlas I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_II" title="Atlas II">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_III" title="Atlas III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_LV-3B" title="Atlas LV-3B">LV-3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_SLV-3" title="Atlas SLV-3">SLV-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Able" title="Atlas-Able">Able</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Agena" title="Atlas-Agena">Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Centaur" title="Atlas-Centaur">Centaur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Arrow" title="Black Arrow">Black Arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conestoga_(rocket)" title="Conestoga (rocket)">Conestoga</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_A" title="Delta A">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_B" title="Delta B">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_C" title="Delta C">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_D" title="Delta D">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_E" title="Delta E">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_G" title="Delta G">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_J" title="Delta J">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_L" title="Delta L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_M" title="Delta M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_N" title="Delta N">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_0100" title="Delta 0100">0100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_1000" title="Delta 1000">1000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_2000" title="Delta 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_3000" title="Delta 3000">3000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_4000" title="Delta 4000">4000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_5000" title="Delta 5000">5000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II">II</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV_Heavy" title="Delta IV Heavy">IV Heavy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamant_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamant (rocket)">Diamant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnepr_(rocket)" title="Dnepr (rocket)">Dnepr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energia_(rocket)" title="Energia (rocket)">Energia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsilon_(rocket)" title="Epsilon (rocket)">Epsilon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(rocket)" title="Europa (rocket)">Europa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(rocket)" title="Europa (rocket)">I</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(rocket)" title="Europa (rocket)">II</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_1" title="Falcon 1">Falcon 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9" title="Falcon 9">Falcon 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.0" title="Falcon 9 v1.0">v1.0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.1" title="Falcon 9 v1.1">v1.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">v1.2 "Full Thrust"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feng_Bao_1" title="Feng Bao 1">Feng Bao 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle">GSLV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GSLV_Mk_I" class="mw-redirect" title="GSLV Mk I">Mk I</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-I" title="H-I">H-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-II" title="H-II">H-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-IIB" title="H-IIB">H-IIB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_I" title="Juno I">Juno I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_II" title="Juno II">Juno II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaituozhe-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaituozhe-1">Kaituozhe-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_(rocket_family)" title="Kosmos (rocket family)">Kosmos</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_(rocket_family)" title="Kosmos (rocket family)">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-1" title="Kosmos-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-2I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosmos-2I">2/2I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-3" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosmos-3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-3M" title="Kosmos-3M">3M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambda_(rocket_family)" title="Lambda (rocket family)">Lambda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lambda_4S" title="Lambda 4S">4S</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LauncherOne" title="LauncherOne">LauncherOne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_(rocket_family)" title="Long March (rocket family)">Long March</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_1" title="Long March 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_1D" title="Long March 1D">1D</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2A" title="Long March 2A">2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2E" title="Long March 2E">2E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3" title="Long March 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_4A" title="Long March 4A">4A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu_(rocket_family)" title="Mu (rocket family)">Mu</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M-4S" class="mw-redirect" title="M-4S">4S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3C" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3C">3C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3H" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3H">3H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3S" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3S">3S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3SII" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3SII">3SII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-V" title="M-V">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N1_(rocket)" title="N1 (rocket)">N1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-I_(rocket)" title="N-I (rocket)">N-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-II_(rocket)" title="N-II (rocket)">N-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naro-1" title="Naro-1">Naro-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paektusan_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paektusan (rocket)">Paektusan</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOTS-EV-1_Pilot" title="NOTS-EV-1 Pilot">Pilot-2</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-7_(rocket_family)" title="R-7 (rocket family)">R-7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luna_(rocket)" title="Luna (rocket)">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molniya_(rocket)" title="Molniya (rocket)">Molniya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Molniya-M" title="Molniya-M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molniya-L" class="mw-redirect" title="Molniya-L">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyot_(rocket)" title="Polyot (rocket)">Polyot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket_family)" title="Soyuz (rocket family)">Soyuz</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket)" title="Soyuz (rocket)">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-FG" title="Soyuz-FG">FG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-L" title="Soyuz-L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-M" title="Soyuz-M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-U" title="Soyuz-U">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-U2" title="Soyuz-U2">U2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz/Vostok" title="Soyuz/Vostok">Soyuz/Vostok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sputnik_(rocket)" title="Sputnik (rocket)">Sputnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voskhod_(rocket)" title="Voskhod (rocket)">Voskhod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok_(rocket_family)" title="Vostok (rocket family)">Vostok</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-L" title="Vostok-L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-K" title="Vostok-K">K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-2_(rocket)" title="Vostok-2 (rocket)">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-2M" title="Vostok-2M">2M</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-29_Vysota" title="R-29 Vysota">R-29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shtil%27" title="Shtil'">Shtil'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volna" title="Volna">Volna</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_Rocket" title="Astra Rocket">Rocket 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS1_(rocket)" title="RS1 (rocket)">RS1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">Safir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">1B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family)" title="Saturn (rocket family)">Saturn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_I" title="Saturn I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_IB" title="Saturn IB">IB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_V" title="Saturn V">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)" title="Scout (rocket family)">Scout</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-1" title="Scout X-1">X-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM-90_Blue_Scout_II" title="RM-90 Blue Scout II">Blue Scout II</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-2" title="Scout X-2">X-2</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-2M" title="Scout X-2M">X-2M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_X-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout X-3 (page does not exist)">X-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_X-3M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout X-3M (page does not exist)">X-3M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_X-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout X-4 (page does not exist)">X-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-2B" title="Scout X-2B">X-2B</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_B" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout B">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_A" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout A">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_B-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout B-1">B-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_D-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout D-1">D-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_A-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout A-1">A-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_E-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout E-1 (page does not exist)">E-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_F-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout F-1">F-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_G-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout G-1">G-1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavit_2" title="Shavit 2">Shavit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shavit_2" title="Shavit 2">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavit_2" title="Shavit 2">1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Satellite Launch Vehicle">SLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPARK_(rocket)" title="SPARK (rocket)">SPARK</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta_(rocket)" title="Sparta (rocket)">Sparta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS-520#SS-520-4" class="mw-redirect" title="SS-520">SS-520</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Start-1" title="Start-1">Start-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terran_1" title="Terran 1">Terran 1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_(rocket_family)" title="Thor (rocket family)">Thor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Able" title="Thor-Able">Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">Ablestar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Agena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">Burner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Delta" title="Thor-Delta">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_DSV-2U" title="Thor DSV-2U">DSV-2U</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">Thorad-Agena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">SLV-2G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">SLV-2H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family)" title="Titan (rocket family)">Titan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Titan_II_GLV" title="Titan II GLV">II GLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIA" title="Titan IIIA">IIIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIB" title="Titan IIIB">IIIB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIC" title="Titan IIIC">IIIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIID" title="Titan IIID">IIID</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIE" title="Titan IIIE">IIIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_34D" title="Titan 34D">34D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_23G" title="Titan 23G">23G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Titan_III" title="Commercial Titan III">CT-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IV" title="Titan IV">IV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon" title="Tsyklon">Tsyklon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R-36_(missile)" title="R-36 (missile)">R-36-O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon" title="Tsyklon">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon-2" title="Tsyklon-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon-3" title="Tsyklon-3">3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Rocket" title="Universal Rocket">Universal Rocket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proton_(rocket_family)" title="Proton (rocket family)">UR-500 Proton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proton-K" title="Proton-K">Proton-K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokot" title="Rokot">Rokot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strela_(rocket)" title="Strela (rocket)">Strela</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_(rocket)" title="Vanguard (rocket)">Vanguard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" title="Vega (rocket)">Vega</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" title="Vega (rocket)">original</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VLS-1" title="VLS-1">VLS-1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit_(rocket_family)" title="Zenit (rocket family)">Zenit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-2" title="Zenit-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-2M" title="Zenit-2M">2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-2M" title="Zenit-2M">2FG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-3SL" title="Zenit-3SL">3SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-3SLB" title="Zenit-3SLB">3SLB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-3F" title="Zenit-3F">3F</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LandSpace" title="LandSpace">Zhuque</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhuque-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhuque-1">1</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Classes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sounding_rocket" title="Sounding rocket">Sounding rocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Small-lift launch vehicle">Small-lift launch vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Medium-lift launch vehicle">Medium-lift launch vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Heavy-lift launch vehicle">Heavy-lift launch vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_heavy-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Super heavy-lift launch vehicle">Super heavy-lift launch vehicle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future</li> <li>Symbol <sup>†</sup> indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Orbital_launch_systems_developed_in_the_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">launch systems</a> developed in the United States</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_V" title="Atlas V">Atlas V</a>**<sup>††</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Electron" title="Rocket Lab Electron">Electron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Block_5" title="Falcon 9 Block 5">Falcon 9 Block 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Heavy" title="Falcon Heavy">Falcon Heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Alpha" title="Firefly Alpha">Firefly Alpha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_(rocket_family)" title="Minotaur (rocket family)">Minotaur</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_I" title="Minotaur I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_IV" title="Minotaur IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_V" title="Minotaur V">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-C" title="Minotaur-C">C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegasus (rocket)">Pegasus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus_XL" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegasus XL">XL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">SLS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Centaur" title="Vulcan Centaur">Vulcan Centaur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In development</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares 330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phantom_Space_Corporation#Daytona_I" title="Phantom Space Corporation">Daytona I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace#MLV" title="Firefly Aerospace">MLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Glenn" title="New Glenn">New Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutron_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (rocket)">Neutron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Space_Nova" title="Stoke Space Nova">Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BluShift_Aerospace#Red_Dwarf" title="BluShift Aerospace">Red Dwarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">SLS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Starship" title="SpaceX Starship">Starship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terran_R" title="Terran R">Terran R</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retired</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares 110/120/130/230/230+</a>**<sup>†††</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_(rocket_family)" title="Athena (rocket family)">Athena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athena_I" title="Athena I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_II" title="Athena II">II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(rocket_family)" title="Atlas (rocket family)">Atlas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SM-65B_Atlas" title="SM-65B Atlas">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65D_Atlas" title="SM-65D Atlas">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_E/F" title="Atlas E/F">E/F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_G" title="Atlas G">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_H" title="Atlas H">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_I" title="Atlas I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_II" title="Atlas II">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_III" title="Atlas III">III</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_LV-3B" title="Atlas LV-3B">LV-3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_SLV-3" title="Atlas SLV-3">SLV-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Able" title="Atlas-Able">Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Agena" title="Atlas-Agena">Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Centaur" title="Atlas-Centaur">Centaur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conestoga_(rocket)" title="Conestoga (rocket)">Conestoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_A" title="Delta A">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_B" title="Delta B">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_C" title="Delta C">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_D" title="Delta D">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_E" title="Delta E">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_G" title="Delta G">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_J" title="Delta J">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_L" title="Delta L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_M" title="Delta M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_N" title="Delta N">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_0100" title="Delta 0100">0100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_1000" title="Delta 1000">1000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_2000" title="Delta 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_3000" title="Delta 3000">3000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_4000" title="Delta 4000">4000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_5000" title="Delta 5000">5000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II">II</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV_Heavy" title="Delta IV Heavy">IV Heavy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_1" title="Falcon 1">Falcon 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9" title="Falcon 9">Falcon 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.0" title="Falcon 9 v1.0">v1.0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.1" title="Falcon 9 v1.1">v1.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">v1.2 "Full Thrust"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-I" title="H-I">H-I</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_I" title="Juno I">Juno I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_II" title="Juno II">Juno II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LauncherOne" title="LauncherOne">LauncherOne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-I_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="N-I rocket">N-I</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-II_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="N-II rocket">N-II</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOTS-EV-1_Pilot" title="NOTS-EV-1 Pilot">Pilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_Rocket" title="Astra Rocket">Rocket 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS1_(rocket)" title="RS1 (rocket)">RS1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family)" title="Saturn (rocket family)">Saturn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_I" title="Saturn I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_IB" title="Saturn IB">IB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_V" title="Saturn V">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)" title="Scout (rocket family)">Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPARK_(rocket)" title="SPARK (rocket)">SPARK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta_(rocket)" title="Sparta (rocket)">Sparta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terran_1" title="Terran 1">Terran 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_(rocket_family)" title="Thor (rocket family)">Thor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Able" title="Thor-Able">Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">Ablestar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">Burner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Delta" title="Thor-Delta">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_DSV-2U" title="Thor DSV-2U">DSV-2U</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">Thorad-Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family)" title="Titan (rocket family)">Titan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Titan_II_GLV" title="Titan II GLV">II GLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIA" title="Titan IIIA">IIIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIB" title="Titan IIIB">IIIB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIC" title="Titan IIIC">IIIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIID" title="Titan IIID">IIID</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIE" title="Titan IIIE">IIIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_34D" title="Titan 34D">34D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_23G" title="Titan 23G">23G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Titan_III" title="Commercial Titan III">CT-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IV" title="Titan IV">IV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_(rocket)" title="Vanguard (rocket)">Vanguard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>* - Japanese projects using US rockets or stages</li> <li>** - uses Russian engines</li> <li><sup>†</sup> - never succeeded</li> <li><sup>††</sup> - no new orders accepted</li> <li><sup>†††</sup> - used Ukrainian first stage</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Thor_and_Delta_rockets" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Thor_and_Delta_rockets" title="Template:Thor and Delta rockets"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Thor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">Thor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Able" title="Thor-Able">Thor-Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">Thor-Ablestar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Thor-Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">Thor-Burner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Delta" title="Thor-Delta">Thor-Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_DSV-2" title="Thor DSV-2">Thor DSV-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_DSV-2U" title="Thor DSV-2U">Thor DSV-2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">Thorad-Agena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Delta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Alphabetical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_A" title="Delta A">Delta A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_B" title="Delta B">Delta B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_C" title="Delta C">Delta C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_D" title="Delta D">Delta D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_E" title="Delta E">Delta E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)#Delta_F" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_G" title="Delta G">Delta G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_J" title="Delta J">Delta J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_L" title="Delta L">Delta L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_M" title="Delta M">Delta M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_N" title="Delta N">Delta N</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Numerical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_0100" title="Delta 0100">Delta 0100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_1000" title="Delta 1000">Delta 1000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_2000" title="Delta 2000">Delta 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_3000" title="Delta 3000">Delta 3000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_4000" title="Delta 4000">Delta 4000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_5000" title="Delta 5000">Delta 5000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II">Delta 6000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II">Delta 7000</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delta 8000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta 9000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II">Delta II</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delta III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV_Heavy" title="Delta IV Heavy">Delta IV Heavy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Export</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N-I_(rocket)" title="N-I (rocket)">N-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-II_(rocket)" title="N-II (rocket)">N-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-I" title="H-I">H-I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station">Canaveral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17">(S)LC-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_18" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18">LC-18B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_37" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37">SLC-37B</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnston_Atoll_Launch_Emplacement_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnston Atoll Launch Emplacement 1 (page does not exist)">LE-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnston_Atoll_Launch_Emplacement_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnston Atoll Launch Emplacement 2 (page does not exist)">LE-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Tanegashima_Space_Center" title="Tanegashima Space Center">Tanegashima</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osaki_Launch_Complex" title="Osaki Launch Complex">Osaki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 1">SLC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2">SLC-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3">SLC-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_6" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6">SLC-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 10">SLC-10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bardney" title="RAF Bardney">Bardney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breighton_Aerodrome" title="Breighton Aerodrome">Breighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Caistor" title="RAF Caistor">Caistor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Carnaby" title="RAF Carnaby">Carnaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Catfoss" title="RAF Catfoss">Catfoss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coleby_Grange" title="RAF Coleby Grange">Coleby Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Driffield" title="RAF Driffield">Driffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Feltwell" title="RAF Feltwell">Feltwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">Folkingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Full_Sutton" title="RAF Full Sutton">Full Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrington" title="RAF Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hemswell" title="RAF Hemswell">Hemswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ludford_Magna" title="RAF Ludford Magna">Ludford Magna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Melton_Mowbray" title="RAF Melton Mowbray">Melton Mowbray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mepal" title="RAF Mepal">Mepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Luffenham" title="RAF North Luffenham">North Luffenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">North Pickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">Polebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shepherds_Grove" title="RAF Shepherds Grove">Shepherds Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tuddenham" title="RAF Tuddenham">Tuddenham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Boosters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-4A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Booster_Core" title="Common Booster Core">CBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM-60</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">First stages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_Booster_Core" title="Common Booster Core">Common Booster Core</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Upper Stages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_(rocket_stage)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta (rocket stage) (page does not exist)">Delta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta-A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta-A (page does not exist)">Delta-A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta-D_(rocket_stage)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta-D (rocket 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title="AJ10">AJ10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Model_8048" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Model 8048">B-8048</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Model_8081" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Model 8081">B-8081</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Model_8096" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Model 8096">B-8096</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LE-5" title="LE-5">LE-5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LR-79&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LR-79 (page does not exist)">LR-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-4D" title="R-4D">R-4D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RL10" title="RL10">RL10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-27" title="RS-27">RS-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-68" title="RS-68">RS-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TR-201" title="TR-201">TR-201</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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