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Delta 3924

McDonnell Douglas · Delta · RETIRED

Delta 3924 is an expendable launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas. It stands 36.0 m tall, first flew on 28 October 1982. It has flown 5 times with 5 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height36.0 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTO954 kg
Maiden flight28 October 1982
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 flights5
Successful5
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant3924

About Delta 3924

The Delta 3000 series was an American expendable launch system which was used to conduct 38 orbital launches between 1975 and 1989. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets. Several variants existed, which were differentiated by a four digit numerical code.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Delta 3924 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.

Chotanky letecky
Chotanky leteckyZdeněk Fiedler · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Corno alle Scale 1
Corno alle Scale 1Giovanni M. · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Flickr - Saeima - Solvita Āboltiņa tiekas ar Kosovas vēstnieku (3)
Flickr - Saeima - Solvita Āboltiņa tiekas ar Kosovas vēstnieku (3)Saeima · CC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Delta 3924 flown?
5 times, with 5 successes and 0 failures.
What is Delta 3924's success rate?
100.0%. That's 5 successful flights out of 5 attempts.
How much can Delta 3924 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Delta 3924 at no figure to low Earth orbit and 954 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Delta 3924 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Delta 3924 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.