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.
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)
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- delta-iv-medium-plus-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.
- Diameter M
- 5.1
- Engines
- Count
- 1
- Name
- RS-68/RS-68A
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 4
- Name
- GEM 60
- Placement
- booster
- Count
- 1
- Name
- RL10B-2
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,009
- Last Flight Year
- 2,019
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7aztg0m4tepcvsxqvs6fwv9d7kp30v
- Operator Id
- jd7aztg0m4tepcvsxqvs6fwv9d7kp30v
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7veg90vregh6hyz85x5dsvr985j89q
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 6,890
- Leo
- 13,370
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 4
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_IV
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:52:11 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 11:56:01 AM