Delta III was an
expendable launch vehicle made by
Boeing. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998.
Of its three flights, the first two were failures, and the third, though declared successful, reached the low end of its targeted orbit range and carried only a dummy (inert) payload. The Delta III could deliver up to 8,400 pounds (3,800 kilograms) to
geostationary transfer orbit
A geosynchronous transfer orbit or geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a type of geocentric orbit. Satellite, Satellites that are destined for geosynchronous orbit, geosynchronous (GSO) or geostationary orbit (GEO) are (almost) always put into ...
, twice the payload of its predecessor, the
Delta II.
Under the four-digit designation system from earlier
Delta
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
rockets, the Delta III is classified as the Delta 8930.
Launch outcome statistics
Launch history
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delta 3, list of launches
Lists of Delta launches
Lists of rocket launches