Delta III

In-active

Boeing (BA)

Aug. 26, 1998

Description

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

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    35.0 m
  • Diameter
    4.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    301.0 T
  • Thrust
    4889.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Delta III
  • Family
  • Variant
    8930
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Delta III 8930
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    8290.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    3810.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Boeing

Commercial
CEO: Kelly Ortberg
BA 1916

Boeing as a space agency has recently provided NASA with assistance on sending humans to the ISS from American with both their construction of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule and their work on the SLS Avionics to return to the moon and beyond. Their ventures in GPS satellite systems and Tracking and Data Relay Satellites provide information about earth-orbiting craft to stations on the ground. They also enable research on the ISS and will be helping with the construction of the Lunar Gateway.

Delta 8930 | DM-F3

Boeing | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 23, 2000, 11:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DM-F3 (Delta Mission Flight Three) is a simulated payload made up of steel and aluminum plates and cylinders that produce the same dynamic characteristics and mass properties of a Hughes HS-601 satellite.

Elliptical Orbit
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Delta 8930 | Orion 3

Boeing | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 5, 1999, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

American communications satellite. The launch on 4 May 1999 was unsuccessful due to underperformance by the rocket booster and the satellite was left in a useless orbit.

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 8930 | Galaxy 10

Boeing | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 27, 1998, 1:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Galaxy 10, a Hughes HS-601HP satellite, would have joined PanAmSat's fleet of dual-payload spacecraft serving the United States. It was the first satellite to be carried on the new Boeing Delta-8930 rocket. The launch occurred on 26 August 1998, but the satellite was lost when the Delta-8930 failed.

Geostationary Orbit
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