Delta rocket

E193270

expendable launch vehicle expendable launch vehicle family heavy-lift launch vehicle

The Delta rocket is a family of American expendable launch vehicles developed to reliably place a wide range of civilian, military, and scientific payloads into orbit.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Delta II	15
Delta rocket canonical	7
Delta II 7320-10C	5
Delta II 7925	5
Delta II 7920-10C	4
Delta II 7920H-10C	4
Delta II 7925H	4
Delta II 7920-10L	3
Delta II rocket	3
Delta rocket family	3
Delta E rocket	2
Delta II 7925-10L	2
Delta II 6925	1
Delta II 7920	1
Delta II 7920-10	1
Delta II 7920-8	1
Delta II 7920H-9.5	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle ⓘ expendable launch vehicle ⓘ expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedBy	Boeing ⓘ Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ McDonnell Douglas ⓘ United Launch Alliance ⓘ
eraOfUse	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ
family	Delta rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
firstFlight	1989-02-14 ⓘ 2002-11-20 ⓘ 2004-12-21 ⓘ
hasVariant	Delta I ⓘ Delta rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Delta II Delta III ⓘ Delta IV ⓘ Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
launchesFrom	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
manufacturer	Boeing ⓘ Boeing ⓘ McDonnell Douglas ⓘ United Launch Alliance ⓘ
notableLaunch	launch of Orion EFT-1 on Delta IV Heavy ⓘ launch of Parker Solar Probe on Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
notablePayload	Global Positioning System satellites ⓘ Kepler space telescope ⓘ surface form: Kepler Space Telescope Opportunity rover ⓘ surface form: Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Spirit rover ⓘ surface form: Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Mars Pathfinder ⓘ
operatedBy	NASA ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Space Force ⓘ
predecessor	Jupiter missile ⓘ surface form: Thor missile
propulsionType	liquid-fueled first stage ⓘ solid rocket boosters ⓘ
retired	2018-09-15 ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
usedFor	NASA science missions ⓘ civilian payload launches ⓘ military payload launches ⓘ national security payloads ⓘ orbital launch ⓘ scientific payload launches ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program → firstLaunchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

Joint Polar Satellite System → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

Suomi NPP satellite → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Suomi NPP

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920-10C

Spitzer Space Telescope → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920H-9.5

Dawn mission → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Dawn

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925H

STEREO mission → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925-10L

United Launch Alliance → predecessorProgram → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta rocket family

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920H-10C

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7320-10C

Kepler space telescope → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925-10L

Mars Exploration Rover mission → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925

Aqua satellite → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Aqua

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920-10L

Mars Pathfinder → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925

NEOWISE mission → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7320-10C

RP-1 → usedIn → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

MESSENGER → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925H

Spirit rover → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Spirit

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925

Opportunity rover → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Opportunity

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925H

Palapa B2 → relaunchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 6925

ACE spacecraft → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920-8

Delta rocket → hasVariant → Delta rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

Delta rocket → family → Delta rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Delta IV Heavy

JPSS → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

Polar Operational Environmental Satellites → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

POES → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

NOAA-20 → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920-10C

JPSS-1 → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920-10C

NPP → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920-10C

JPSS constellation → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

Mars Odyssey mission → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7925

Ørsted satellite → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

PALAPA B1 communications satellite → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: PALAPA B1

Gravity Probe B experiment → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

subject surface form: Gravity Probe B

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920-10

K2 mission → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II rocket

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

RADARSAT-1 → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920

Delta IV upper stage → family → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta rocket family

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B → primaryLaunchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

IMPACT → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

Delta IV → predecessor → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II

Pioneer 7 → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta E rocket

LAT → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II rocket

GBM → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920H-10C

2008-029A → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920H-10C

Burst Alert Telescope → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7320-10C

Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II rocket

Swift → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7320-10C

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7320-10C

Pioneer 9 → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

Gamma-ray Burst Monitor → launchVehicle → Delta rocket ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta II 7920H-10C