Delta IV - Delta IV Launches

Delta IV Launches

For more details on this topic, see List of Thor and Delta launches (2000–2009).
No. Date/Time
(UTC)
Type Serial-no. Startplace Payload Type of payload Orbit Outcome Remarks
1 2002-11-20
22:39
Medium+(4,2) 293 CCAFS SLC-37B Eutelsat W5 Commercial communications satellite GTO Success First Delta IV launch
2 2003-03-11
00:59
Medium 296 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-167 (DSCS-3 A3) Military communications satellite GTO Success First Delta IV Medium launch
First USAF EELV mission
3 2003-08-29
23:13
Medium 301 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-170 (DSCS-3 B6) Military communications satellite GTO Success
4 2004-12-21
21:50
Heavy 310 CCAFS SLC-37B DemoSat / 3CS-1 / 3CS-2 Demonstration payload GSO (planned) Partial failure
  • First Delta IV Heavy launch
  • Premature cutoff of CBCs
  • DemoSat reached incorrect orbit, 3CS failed to reach orbit
5 2006-05-24
22:11
Medium+(4,2) 315 CCAFS SLC-37B GOES 13 (GOES-N) Weather satellite GTO Success
6 2006-06-28
03:33
Medium+(4,2) 317 VAFB SLC-6 USA-184 (NROL-22) Reconnaissance satellite Molniya Success First Delta IV launch from Vandenberg
7 2006-11-04
13:53
Medium 320 VAFB SLC-6 USA-192 (DMSP F17) Military weather satellite SSO Success First Delta IV launch into a LEO/SSO
8 2007-11-11
01:50
Heavy 329 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-197 (DSP-23) Missile Warning satellite GSO Success First Delta IV launch contracted by United Launch Alliance
Launch delayed due to damage to launch pad caused by a liquid oxygen leak
9 2009-01-18
02:47
Heavy 337 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-202 (NROL-26) Reconnaissance satellite GSO Success
10 2009-06-27
22:51
Medium+(4,2) 342 CCAFS SLC-37B GOES 14 (GOES-O) Weather satellite GTO Success
11 2009-12-06
01:47
Medium+(5,4) 346 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-211 (WGS-3) Military communications satellite GTO Success First Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) launch
12 2010-03-04
23:57
Medium+(4,2) 348 CCAFS SLC-37B GOES 15 (GOES-P) Weather satellite GTO Success
13 2010-05-28
03:00
Medium+(4,2) 349 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-213 (GPS IIF SV-1) Navigation Satellite MEO Success
14 2010-11-21
22:58
Heavy 351 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-223 (NROL-32) Reconnaissance satellite GSO Success
15 2011-01-20
21:10
Heavy 352 VAFB SLC-6 USA-224 (NROL-49) Reconnaissance satellite LEO Success First Delta IV Heavy launch from Vandenberg
16 2011-03-11
23:38
Medium+(4,2) 353 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-227 (NROL-27) Reconnaissance satellite GTO Success
17 2011-07-16
06:41
Medium+(4,2) 355 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-231 (GPS IIF SV-2) Navigation Satellite MEO Success
18 2012-01-20
00:38
Medium+(5,4) 358 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-233 (WGS-4) Military communications satellite GTO Success
19 2012-04-03
23:12
Medium+(5,2) 359 VAFB SLC-6 USA-234 (NROL-25) Reconnaissance satellite LEO Success First flight in the Medium+(5,2) version
20 2012-06-29
13:15
Heavy 360 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-237 (NROL-15) Reconnaissance satellite GSO Success First flight of the RS-68A engine
21 2012-10-04
12:10
Medium+(4,2) 361 CCAFS SLC-37B USA-239 (GPS IIF SV-3) Navigation Satellite MEO Success Minor upper stage anomaly

List Date: October 7, 2012

For planned launches, see:
List of Thor and Delta launches (2010–2019)

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