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Rocket file · LV-279

Delta 1900

McDonnell Douglas · Delta · RETIRED

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

ON FILE
Height35.0 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight16 December 1973
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

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

ON RECORD
Total flights1
Successful1
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant1900

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

EMPTY

Delta 1900 is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Lena River Delta - Landsat 2000
Lena River Delta - Landsat 2000none (Landsat) · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Idi Amin caricature2
Idi Amin caricature2Edmund Valtman · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Kepler mission Delta II liftoff
Kepler mission Delta II liftoffNASA/Regina Mitchell-Ryall, Tom Farrar · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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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.