Delta launch vehicle
Delta was an American expendable launch-vehicle lineage derived from Thor and progressively developed for civil, commercial, military, Earth-science, and planetary missions. The line began orbital service in 1960 and ended with the final Delta IV Heavy flight in 2024.
Identity
- Aliases
- Delta rocket familyThor-Delta lineage
- Family Name
- Delta
- Full Name
- Delta launch vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- delta-launch-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Delta was an American expendable launch-vehicle lineage derived from Thor and progressively developed for civil, commercial, military, Earth-science, and planetary missions. The line began orbital service in 1960 and ended with the final Delta IV Heavy flight in 2024.
- First Flight Year
- 1,960
- Last Flight Year
- 2,024
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7sak9850nkethtv2wrrczagd8afskd
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 4/26/2026, 3:54:05 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 12:53:09 PM