Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)
Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) was the highest-performance single-core Delta IV, combining one Common Booster Core, four GEM 60 solid motors, a five-metre cryogenic upper stage, and a five-metre payload fairing. Eight vehicles flew successfully from 2009 through 2019, all carrying Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Delta IV M+(5,4)Delta IV Medium Plus 5,4Delta 4 Medium+ (5,4)
- Family Name
- Delta IV Medium+
- Full Name
- Delta IV Medium+ (5,4)
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- (5,4)
Details
- Description
- Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) was the highest-performance single-core Delta IV, combining one Common Booster Core, four GEM 60 solid motors, a five-metre cryogenic upper stage, and a five-metre payload fairing. Eight vehicles flew successfully from 2009 through 2019, all carrying Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 5.1
- First Flight Year
- 2,009
- Last Flight Year
- 2,019
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) RS-68A configuration
- Notes
- ULA mission sources identify RS-68A as the Common Booster Core engine for later Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) WGS missions; the existing family-level RS-68/RS-68A baseline is preserved for earlier mixed-era flights.
- Rocket Specs
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 6,890
- Leo
- 13,370
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 4
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_IV
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 08:52:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 21:05:44 UTC
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