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Delta III 8930

Boeing · Delta · RETIRED

Delta III 8930 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Boeing. It stands 35.0 m tall, lifts 8,290 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 26 August 1998. It has flown 3 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 33.3%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height35.0 m
Diameter4.0 m
Payload to LEO8,290 kg
Payload to GTO3,810 kg
Maiden flight26 August 1998
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 flights3
Successful1
Failed2
Success rate33.3%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant8930

About Delta III

The Delta III rocket was an expendable launch vehicle made by Boeing. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Delta III 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.

Delta III second stage
Delta III second stageNASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
NASA's Delta III rocket reproduction
NASA's Delta III rocket reproductionSpirou · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Delta III 8930 flown?
3 times, with 1 successes and 2 failures.
What is Delta III 8930's success rate?
33.3%. That's 1 successful flights out of 3 attempts.
How much can Delta III 8930 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Delta III 8930 at 8,290 kg to low Earth orbit and 3,810 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Delta III 8930 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Delta III 8930 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.