Rocket file · LV-279
Delta 1900
Delta 1900 is an expendable launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas. It stands 35.0 m tall, first flew on 16 December 1973. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Delta 1900
The Delta 1000 series (also referred to as Straight-Eight) was an American expendable launch system which was used to conduct eight orbital launches between 1972 and 1975. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets. Several variants existed, differentiated by a four digit numerical code.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Delta 1900 is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesDelta 1900 in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Delta 1900 flown?
- 1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Delta 1900's success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
- How much can Delta 1900 lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Delta 1900.
- Is Delta 1900 reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Delta 1900 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.
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