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Delta IV M+(5,4)

United Launch Alliance · Delta · RETIRED

Delta IV M+(5,4) is an expendable launch vehicle built by United Launch Alliance. It stands 70.7 m tall, lifts 13,730 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 6 December 2009. It has flown 8 times with 8 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height70.7 m
Diameter5.0 m
Payload to LEO13,730 kg
Payload to GTO6,890 kg
Maiden flight6 December 2009
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 flights8
Successful8
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantM+(5,4)

About Delta IV M+(5,4)

description

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Delta IV M+(5,4) 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 IV WGS-8 (1)
Delta IV WGS-8 (1)VH-EBM · CC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Delta IV WGS-8 (4)
Delta IV WGS-8 (4)VH-EBM · CC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Delta IV WGS-8 (5)
Delta IV WGS-8 (5)VH-EBM · CC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Delta IV M+(5,4) flown?
8 times, with 8 successes and 0 failures.
What is Delta IV M+(5,4)'s success rate?
100.0%. That's 8 successful flights out of 8 attempts.
How much can Delta IV M+(5,4) lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Delta IV M+(5,4) at 13,730 kg to low Earth orbit and 6,890 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Delta IV M+(5,4) reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Delta IV M+(5,4) as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.