DSCS III B-6

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 37B Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) constellation provides long haul communications to users worldwide through contested environments.

Delta IV M

Family: Delta
Configuration: M

Delta IV is a group of five expendable launch systems in the Delta rocket family introduced in the early 2000s. Originally designed by Boeing's Defense, Space & Security division for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, the Delta IV became a United Launch Alliance (ULA) product in 2006. The Delta IV was and is primarily a launch vehicle for United States Air Force military payloads, but has also been used to launch a number of U.S. government non-military payloads and a single commercial satellite.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    63.0 m
  • Diameter
    5.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    250 T
  • Thrust
    2890 kN
Family
  • Name
    Delta IV M
  • Family
    Delta
  • Variant
    M
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Delta IV M
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $164000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    8600 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    3900 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

United Launch Alliance

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CEO: Tory Bruno Founded: 2006 Successes: 156 Failures: 0 Pending: 32

Agency Type: Commercial

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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