#deltaiv — Public Fediverse posts

📦 #AtlasV 233 cubic meters, 9.8-18.8 tonnes
📦 #DeltaIV 233 cubic meters, 28.3 tonnes
📦 #Vulcan 310 cubic meters, 10.8-27.2 tonnes
📦 #Falcon9 145 cubic meters, 18-25 tonnes, #FalconHeavy 30-64 tonnes

💰 Atlas V ~$150 million
💰 Delta IV Heavy ~$300 million
💰 Vulcan ~ $120 million
💰 Falcon 9 ~ $67 million, Falcon Heavy ~$100 million

https://everydayastronaut.com/how-does-ulas-vulcan-compare-to-the-competition

#LaunchCost

#Starliner is expected to fly 🚀 atop the #AtlasV. #ULA ceased production of the rocket in 📆 2024. The vehicles have been allocated to customers, including the six needed for the remaining Starliner flights.

The Starliner faces an uncertain future after that. #DeltaIV is retired and no more are available, the #Falcon9 is owned by manned launch competitor #SpaceX, and the #Vulcan Centaur has not yet been human-rated, testing #Boeing would have to pay 💰 for 🤔 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Starliner#Launch_vehicle

After the retirement of NASA's space shuttle in 2011, the Delta IV Heavy became the most powerful operational rocket in the world, with a lift capacity of nearly 29 metric tons to low-Earth orbit. Only a handful of government-developed vehicles, including NASA's Saturn V lunar rocket and Russia's Energia vehicle, had more lift capacity, Ars Technica reports:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/the-most-metal-of-rockets-has-gone-into-the-great-mosh-pit-in-the-sky/

#rockets #nasa #deltaiv #space

After a fiery finale, the Delta rocket family now belongs to history - Enlarge / In this video frame from ULA's live broadcast, three RS-68A e... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015864 #nationalreconnaissanceoffice #unitedlaunchalliance #militaryspace #deltaivheavy #science #deltaiv #nrol-70 #launch #space

After a fiery finale, the Delta rocket family now belongs to history - Enlarge / In this video frame from ULA's live broadcast, three RS-68A e... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015864 #nationalreconnaissanceoffice #unitedlaunchalliance #militaryspace #deltaivheavy #science #deltaiv #nrol-70 #launch #space

After a fiery finale, the Delta rocket family now belongs to history - Enlarge / In this video frame from ULA's live broadcast, three RS-68A e... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015864 #nationalreconnaissanceoffice #unitedlaunchalliance #militaryspace #deltaivheavy #science #deltaiv #nrol-70 #launch #space

After a fiery finale, the Delta rocket family now belongs to history - Enlarge / In this video frame from ULA's live broadcast, three RS-68A e... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015864 #nationalreconnaissanceoffice #unitedlaunchalliance #militaryspace #deltaivheavy #science #deltaiv #nrol-70 #launch #space

After a fiery finale, the Delta rocket family now belongs to history - Enlarge / In this video frame from ULA's live broadcast, three RS-68A e... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2015864 #nationalreconnaissanceoffice #unitedlaunchalliance #militaryspace #deltaivheavy #science #deltaiv #nrol-70 #launch #space

Last #DeltaIV #Heavy launch @ulalaunch. Tory 🤠 adieu it was a great run great company #NROL #NASA https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1vOGwjNDydEKB

Once again, the final #DeltaIVHeavy #launch is upon us.
The #DeltaIV has always been, in my opinion, the classiest looking EELV.

The #Delta IV and its predecessors have made incredible contributions to #science and #spaceflight.

A #ThorDelta launched #Echo1, the first comm #satellite. #DeltaII launched missions to #Mars and began building the #GPS system.

The Delta family will be missed.

Once again, the final #DeltaIVHeavy #launch is upon us.
The #DeltaIV has always been, in my opinion, the classiest looking EELV.

The #Delta IV and its predecessors have made incredible contributions to #science and #spaceflight.

A #ThorDelta launched #Echo1, the first comm #satellite. #DeltaII launched missions to #Mars and began building the #GPS system.

The Delta family will be missed.

damn the last Delta IV launch has been scrubbed so 24 hours until the next attempt #delta4 #deltaIV #ula

damn the last Delta IV launch has been scrubbed so 24 hours until the next attempt #delta4 #deltaIV #ula

damn the last Delta IV launch has been scrubbed so 24 hours until the next attempt #delta4 #deltaIV #ula

damn the last Delta IV launch has been scrubbed so 24 hours until the next attempt #delta4 #deltaIV #ula

damn the last Delta IV launch has been scrubbed so 24 hours until the next attempt #delta4 #deltaIV #ula

There we go. Scrubbed for 24 hours due to a last minute fault. #Space #DeltaIV #Rockets

Feeling like the window will close before things clear up. #Space #DeltaIV #Rockets

Waiting for the last launch of a Delta IV Heavy. Currently held at T-4m.

#Space #DeltaIV #Rockets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCoyHHhX3rw

Well shit... you know you've been in the space biz a while when a booster you were present for its first operational launch is having its final lift today. #SemperSupra #DeltaIV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DajlB_jUPM

A vertical view of the Mobile Service Structure at Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Station.
The #MobileServiceStructure stacks the #Delta IV #rocket on top its #launchpad and then rolls away, while the gray Fixed Umbilical Tower remains in place and supplies the #LaunchVehicle with propellant and other consumables until liftoff.

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#CCAFS #SLC37B #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DeltaIV #Photograph

A vertical view of the Mobile Service Structure at Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Station.
The #MobileServiceStructure stacks the #Delta IV #rocket on top its #launchpad and then rolls away, while the gray Fixed Umbilical Tower remains in place and supplies the #LaunchVehicle with propellant and other consumables until liftoff.

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#CCAFS #SLC37B #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DeltaIV #Photograph

A vertical view of the Mobile Service Structure at Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Station.
The #MobileServiceStructure stacks the #Delta IV #rocket on top its #launchpad and then rolls away, while the gray Fixed Umbilical Tower remains in place and supplies the #LaunchVehicle with propellant and other consumables until liftoff.

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#CCAFS #SLC37B #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DeltaIV #Photograph

A vertical view of the Mobile Service Structure at Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Station.
The #MobileServiceStructure stacks the #Delta IV #rocket on top its #launchpad and then rolls away, while the gray Fixed Umbilical Tower remains in place and supplies the #LaunchVehicle with propellant and other consumables until liftoff.

Get a print of this image or another item at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/delta-iv-mobile-service-structure-and-reflection-heron-and-fox.html

#CCAFS #SLC37B #UnitedLaunchAlliance #DeltaIV #Photograph

Boeing leased the space at Launch Complex 37B for its #Delta IV #EELV.
The #DeltaIV is stacked on its launch pad using the Mobile Service Tower to stack the rocket
In front of it, the gray truss structure is the Fixed Umbilical Tower that provides propellant to the #DeltaRocket.
In this image, the MST is sitting on the pad with a single orange Delta Core inside.
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#SLC37B #CCAFS #Photograph

Boeing leased the space at Launch Complex 37B for its #Delta IV #EELV.
The #DeltaIV is stacked on its launch pad using the Mobile Service Tower to stack the rocket
In front of it, the gray truss structure is the Fixed Umbilical Tower that provides propellant to the #DeltaRocket.
In this image, the MST is sitting on the pad with a single orange Delta Core inside.
Get a print at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/slc-37b-with-delta-iv-medium-and-wgs-5-heron-and-fox.html
#SLC37B #CCAFS #Photograph

Boeing leased the space at Launch Complex 37B for its #Delta IV #EELV.
The #DeltaIV is stacked on its launch pad using the Mobile Service Tower to stack the rocket
In front of it, the gray truss structure is the Fixed Umbilical Tower that provides propellant to the #DeltaRocket.
In this image, the MST is sitting on the pad with a single orange Delta Core inside.
Get a print at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/slc-37b-with-delta-iv-medium-and-wgs-5-heron-and-fox.html
#SLC37B #CCAFS #Photograph

Boeing leased the space at Launch Complex 37B for its #Delta IV #EELV.
The #DeltaIV is stacked on its launch pad using the Mobile Service Tower to stack the rocket
In front of it, the gray truss structure is the Fixed Umbilical Tower that provides propellant to the #DeltaRocket.
In this image, the MST is sitting on the pad with a single orange Delta Core inside.
Get a print at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/slc-37b-with-delta-iv-medium-and-wgs-5-heron-and-fox.html
#SLC37B #CCAFS #Photograph

25% off #sale on wall #Art like #posters and #Canvas #Prints:

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

25% off #sale on wall #Art like #posters and #Canvas #Prints:

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

25% off #sale on wall #Art like #posters and #Canvas #Prints:

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

25% off #sale on wall #Art like #posters and #Canvas #Prints:

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

@spaceflight hardly an unbiased crowd l, but test Boeings SLS for #NASA Artemis is unsustainable and too expensive.

( could have done commercial for moon #DeltaIV did boost Orion into orbit https://youtu.be/UEuOpxOrA_0?si=nx16jJsPstEUggtp )

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

A stitched #composite #image of a United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket at SL-37B.
The #DeltaIVHeavy was the most powerful launch vehicle in the US inventory at the time.
The payload is classified, but is widely believed to be a signals intelligence satellite.

Get a print of this image or other items at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/composite-image-of-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-heron-and-fox.html

#Delta4, #Delta4Heavy, #DeltaIV, #DeltaRocket, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #LC37B, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStats, #CCAFS, #Photography

United Launch Alliance’s #Delta IV #rocket launches from Cape #Canaveral pad SLC-37B.
The military originally planned to build another set of Saturn I launch sites, but that vehicle’s production was stopped.
When Boeing needed a site for their new rocket, #SLC37B was chosen.
In this #landscape #photograph, it’s possible to see the white Mobile Service Structure that houses the rocket until the night before #launch, as well as the fixed umbilical tower, which provides the vehicle with fuel and other materials from the ground reflected in the #pond in the foreground.

Get a print of this image, or other merchandise, at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/mobile-service-tower-and-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-prelaunch-heron-and-fox.html

#ULA, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaRocket, #MobileServiceStructure, #reflection, #Landscape, #Photography

United Launch Alliance’s #Delta IV #rocket launches from Cape #Canaveral pad SLC-37B.
The military originally planned to build another set of Saturn I launch sites, but that vehicle’s production was stopped.
When Boeing needed a site for their new rocket, #SLC37B was chosen.
In this #landscape #photograph, it’s possible to see the white Mobile Service Structure that houses the rocket until the night before #launch, as well as the fixed umbilical tower, which provides the vehicle with fuel and other materials from the ground reflected in the #pond in the foreground.

Get a print of this image, or other merchandise, at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/mobile-service-tower-and-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-prelaunch-heron-and-fox.html

#ULA, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaRocket, #MobileServiceStructure, #reflection, #Landscape, #Photography

United Launch Alliance’s #Delta IV #rocket launches from Cape #Canaveral pad SLC-37B.
The military originally planned to build another set of Saturn I launch sites, but that vehicle’s production was stopped.
When Boeing needed a site for their new rocket, #SLC37B was chosen.
In this #landscape #photograph, it’s possible to see the white Mobile Service Structure that houses the rocket until the night before #launch, as well as the fixed umbilical tower, which provides the vehicle with fuel and other materials from the ground reflected in the #pond in the foreground.

Get a print of this image, or other merchandise, at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/mobile-service-tower-and-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-prelaunch-heron-and-fox.html

#ULA, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaRocket, #MobileServiceStructure, #reflection, #Landscape, #Photography

United Launch Alliance’s #Delta IV #rocket launches from Cape #Canaveral pad SLC-37B.
The military originally planned to build another set of Saturn I launch sites, but that vehicle’s production was stopped.
When Boeing needed a site for their new rocket, #SLC37B was chosen.
In this #landscape #photograph, it’s possible to see the white Mobile Service Structure that houses the rocket until the night before #launch, as well as the fixed umbilical tower, which provides the vehicle with fuel and other materials from the ground reflected in the #pond in the foreground.

Get a print of this image, or other merchandise, at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/mobile-service-tower-and-delta-iv-heavy-nrol-15-prelaunch-heron-and-fox.html

#ULA, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaRocket, #MobileServiceStructure, #reflection, #Landscape, #Photography

A United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket lifting off from its pad at #CapeCanaveral.

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#DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaIVHeavy, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #Photography

A United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket lifting off from its pad at #CapeCanaveral.

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#DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaIVHeavy, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #Photography

A United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket lifting off from its pad at #CapeCanaveral.

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#DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaIVHeavy, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #Photography

A United Launch Alliance #Delta IV Heavy #rocket lifting off from its pad at #CapeCanaveral.

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#DeltaIV, #Delta4, #DeltaIVHeavy, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #ULA, #Photography

Last night's penultimate launch of a #DeltaIV (Heavy) rocket led to numerous great pictures - also of cloud effects left in the sky: help yourself to many links at https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2023/06/17/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-17-juni-2023/#Jun23

I got to see a #DeltaIV Heavy launch #NROL-68 in #SpaceViewPark in #Titusville, #Florida. It was a good show. 😃

I got to see a #DeltaIV Heavy launch #NROL-68 in #SpaceViewPark in #Titusville, #Florida. It was a good show. 😃

Despega el anteúltimo #DeltaIV Heavy de @[email protected]!

En una hora @[email protected] volverá a intentar lanzar el #DeltaIV Heavy.