List of Delta IV rocket launches

The list of Delta IV rocket launches includes all planned and completed launches of American Delta IV launch vehicles .

Start list

As of August 22, 2019

Serial No.	Date and time UTC	Type	Ser.-No.	Launch site	payload	Type of payload	Orbit ¹	Remarks
2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2006 - 2007 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019
2002
01	November 20, 2002	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-293	CC SLC-37B	Eutelsat W5	Commercial communications satellite	GTO	success
2003
02	March 11, 2003	Delta IV medium	D-296	CC SLC-37B	DSCS-3 A3	Military communications satellite	GTO	success
03	August 29, 2003	Delta IV medium	D-301	CC SLC-37B	DSCS-3 B6	Military communications satellite	GTO	success
2004
04th	December 21, 2004	Delta IV Heavy	D-310	CC SLC-37B	DemoSat, 3CS 1, 3CS 2	Dummy satellite and experimental satellite	Railway planned just below the GSO	Partial success Due to a missile failure, a lower orbit than planned reached, experimental satellites burned up
2006
05	May 24, 2006	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-315	CC SLC-37B	GOES-N	Weather satellite	GTO with high perigee	Success , first start for NASA and NOAA
06th	June 28, 2006 3:33 am	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-317	VAFB SLC-6	NRO-L-22	Spy satellite of the NRO with SBIRS-HEO early warning component	HEO (Molnija Orbit)	Success , first start of Vandenberg AFB
07th	November 4, 2006 13:53	Delta IV medium	D-320	VAFB SLC-6	DMSP 5D3-F17	Military weather satellite in polar orbit	SSO	success
2007
08th	November 11, 2007 1:50 am	Delta IV Heavy	D-329	CC SLC-37B	DSP 23	Satellite for early warning of missile launches	GEO	Success , second start of the Delta IV Heavy
2009
09	January 18, 2009 2:47 am	Delta IV Heavy	D-337	CC SLC-37B	NRO-L-26	Spy satellite with 350 feet antenna for interception purposes by the NRO	GEO	Probably a success . Details were kept secret.
10	June 27, 2009 10:51 p.m.	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-342	CC SLC-37B	GOES O	Weather satellite	GTO with high perigee	success
11	December 6, 2009 1:47 AM	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-346	CC SLC-37B	WGS 3	Communications satellite of the United States Armed Forces	GTO	success
2010
12	March 4, 2010 11:57 PM	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-348	CC SLC-37B	GOES P	Weather satellite	GTO with high perigee	success
13	May 28, 2010 3:00 am	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-349	CC SLC-37B	GPS IIF-1	Military navigation satellite	GPS orbit	success
14th	November 21, 2010 10:58 PM	Delta IV Heavy	D-351	CC SLC-37B	NROL-32	Spy satellite of the NRO , probably with a 100 meter antenna for eavesdropping purposes	presumably geosynchronous orbit	success
2011
15th	January 20, 2011 9:10 PM	Delta IV Heavy	D-352	VAFB SLC-6	NROL-49	Spy satellite of the NGO	Probably SSE 200-1000 km	success
16	March 11, 2011 11:38 PM	Delta IV medium	D-353	CC SLC-37B	NROL-27	Spy satellite of the NGO		success
17th	July 16, 2011	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-355	CC SLC-37B	GPS 2F-2	Navigation satellite	GPS orbit	success
2012
18th	January 20, 2012 12:38 am	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-358	CC SLC-37B	WGS 4	Communications satellite	GTO	success
19th	April 3, 2012 11:12:57 PM	Delta IV Medium + (5.2)	D-359	VAFB SLC-6	NROL-25 (TOPAZ 2)	Spy satellite of the NGO	Inclined 123 ° to the equator ( retrograde ) and 685 miles high	success
20th	June 29, 2012 1:15 p.m.	Delta IV Heavy	D-360	CC SLC-37B	NROL-15	Spy satellite of the NGO	Either GSO or LEO or MEO orbit with higher inclination	Success - First rocket with the enhanced RS-68A engines
21st	October 4, 2012 12:10 PM	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-361	CC SLC-37B	GPS 2F-3	Navigation satellite	GPS orbit	Success - The second stage engine had underperformance, but this was compensated for by longer burn times. Level then disposed of in a garbage can. The reason for the reduced performance was a leak in the combustion chamber wall, through which fuel leaked to the side.
2013
22nd	May 25, 2013 12:27 AM	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-362	CC SLC-37B	WGS-5	Communications satellite	GTO	success
23	August 8, 2013 12:29 AM	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-363	CC SLC-37B	WGS-6	Communications satellite	GTO	success
24	August 28, 2013 6:03 PM	Delta IV Heavy	D-364	VAFB SLC-6	NROL -65	Spy satellite of the NGO	probably SSO	success
2014
25th	February 21, 2014 01:59	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-365	CC SLC-37B	GPS 2F-5	Navigation satellite	GPS orbit	success
26th	May 17, 2014 12:03 am	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-366	CC SLC-37B	GPS 2F-6	Navigation satellite	GPS orbit	success
27	July 28, 2014 11:28 PM	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-368	CC SLC-37B	AFSPC 4 : GSSAP 1 & 2 , ANGELS	2 space surveillance satellites and technology testing satellite	LEO	success
28	December 5, 2014 12:05 pm	Delta IV Heavy	D-369	CC SLC-37B	Orion MPCV	EFT-1 , unmanned test of the Orion spacecraft	MEO (re-entry railway)	success
2015
29	March 25, 2015 6:36 PM	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-371	CC SLC-37B	GPS 2F-9	Navigation satellite	GPS orbit	success
30th	July 24, 2015 12:07 am	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-372	CC SLC-37B	WGS 7	Communications satellite	GTO	success
2016
31	February 10, 2016 11:40:32 am	Delta IV Medium + (5.2)	D-373	VAFB SLC-6	NROL -45 (TOPAZ 4) (USA-267)	Reconnaissance satellite	Retrograde, 123 ° inclination	success
32	June 11, 2016 5:51 pm	Delta IV Heavy	D-374	CC SLC-37B	NROL -37 (USA-268)	Reconnaissance satellite		success
33	August 19, 2016 4:52 am	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-375	CC SLC-37B	AFSPC 6 : GSSAP 3 & 4 (USA-270)	Military satellites	GTO	success
34	December 7, 2016 11:53 PM	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-376	CC SLC-37B	WGS 8	Communications satellite	GTO	success
2017
35	March 19, 2017 12:18 am	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-377	CC SLC-37B	WGS 9	Communications satellite	GTO	success
2018
36	January 12, 2018 10:10 PM	Delta IV Medium + (5.2)	D-379	VAFB SLC-6	NROL -47	Reconnaissance satellite	D-379	success
37	August 12, 2018 7:31 AM	Delta IV Heavy	D-380	CC SLC-37B	Parker Solar Probe	Space probe	Escape route	success
2019
38	January 19, 2019 6:54 pm	Delta IV Heavy	D-382	VAFB SLC-6	NROL -71	Spy satellite	LEO	success
39	March 16, 2019 12:26 AM	Delta IV Medium + (5.4)	D-383	CC SLC-37B	WGS-10	Communications satellite	LEO	success
40	August 22, 2019 1:06 PM	Delta IV Medium + (4.2)	D-384	CC SLC-37B	GPS IIIA -3	Navigation satellite	GTO	Success - last launch of the Delta IV Medium

¹ Not necessarily the target orbit of the payload, but the path on which the payload was deployed by the upper stage.

Planned launches

List updated: August 29, 2020

Serial No.	Date and time ( UTC )	Type	Launch site	payload	Type of payload	Remarks
41	Not before Sep. 5 2020	Delta IV Heavy	CC SLC-37B	NROL -44	Reconnaissance satellite	Planned
42	4th quarter 2020	Delta IV Heavy	VAFB SLC-6	NROL -82	Reconnaissance satellite	Planned
	2nd half of 2022Template: future / in 2 years	Delta IV Heavy	VAFB SLC-6	NROL -91	Reconnaissance satellite	Planned
	2nd half of 2022Template: future / in 3 years	Delta IV Heavy	CC SLC-37B	NROL -68	Reconnaissance satellite	Planned
	2nd half of 2023Template: future / in 2 years	Delta IV Heavy	CC SLC-37B	NROL -70	Reconnaissance satellite	Planned

¹ Not necessarily the target orbit of the payload, but the path on which the payload from the upper stage is to be deployed.

Web links

Gunter's Space Page: Delta-IV (English)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Craig Covault: Eavesdropping craft critical for monitoring terrorists. Spaceflight Now, January 17, 2009, accessed January 27, 2014 .
↑ Boeing Launch Services: GOES-P ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
^ William Graham: Delta IV Heavy launches with NROL-32. nasaspaceflight.com, November 21, 2010, accessed November 22, 2010 .
^ William Harwood: Delta 4 rocket blasts off with classified NRO satellite. Spaceflight Now, November 21, 2010, accessed November 22, 2010 .
↑ Justin Ray: Essential eavesdropping satellite launching Friday. Spaceflight Now, November 17, 2010, accessed November 22, 2010 .
↑ Justin Ray: Delta 4-Heavy's hush-hush payload found and identified. Spaceflight Now, January 23, 2011, accessed January 27, 2014 .
↑ Klaus Donath, Thomas Wehr: First Delta IV Heavy starts from Vandenberg. raumfahrer.net, January 21, 2011, accessed January 20, 2012 .
^ Mission Status Center. Spaceflight Now, April 3, 2012, accessed April 4, 2012 .
↑ Delta 4 poised for one last 'first flight' milestone. Spaceflight Now, March 28, 2012, accessed March 28, 2012 .
^ Delta 4 set for national security mission next week. Spaceflight Now, March 20, 2012, accessed March 28, 2012 .
↑ Justin Ray: Delta 4 rocket successfully lofts surveillance satellite. Spaceflight Now, March 4, 2012, accessed March 4, 2012 .
↑ Gunter Krebs: Orion 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. In: Gunter's Space Page. August 31, 2013, accessed January 27, 2014 .
^ William Graham: Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-15 from Cape Canaveral. nasaspaceflight.com, June 29, 2012, accessed January 27, 2014 .
↑ Klaus Donath: Most powerful rocket in the world with NROL-15: target unknown. raumfahrer.net, June 27, 2012, accessed on January 27, 2014 .
↑ Justin Ray: Delta 4 rocket overcomes engine issue during launch. Spaceflight Now, October 6, 2012, accessed October 8, 2012 .
↑ Ed Kyle: Delta 4 Launches GPS-2F-3 ( November 1, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) in Space Launch Report , October 5, 2012, accessed October 8, 2012
↑ Justin Ray: Investigation finds Delta 4 rocket engine issue. Spaceflight Now, December 9, 2012, accessed December 13, 2012 .
↑ Space Launch Report: Delta 4 Heavy Orbits NRO Reconnaissance Satellite ( Memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 30, 2013
↑ NASAspaceflight.com: ULA Delta IV successfully launches with GPS IIF-5. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .
↑ Stephen Clark: Launch of NRO spy satellite delayed at least a week. Spaceflight Now, August 29, 2020, accessed on August 29, 2020 .
↑ Stephen Clark: Launch Schedule. Spaceflight Now, accessed August 28, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Delta 4 rocket launches Air Force's 10th WGS broadband satellite. In: Spaceflight Now. March 16, 2019, accessed March 16, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Caleb Henry: ULA's Delta 4 Heavy down to final five missions. In: Spacenews. August 21, 2019, accessed on August 22, 2019 (This source gives in a different order and without naming a source first NROL-70 and -91, then NROL-68. The above start list instead gives the order of the much more detailed Spaceflight-Now Article again, but with the more up-to-date and occupied periods from Spacenews).

[sfn_d337-1] A ^b Craig Covault: Eavesdropping craft critical for monitoring terrorists. Spaceflight Now, January 17, 2009, accessed January 27, 2014 .

[2] Boeing Launch Services: GOES-P ( Memento from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[3] William Graham: Delta IV Heavy launches with NROL-32. nasaspaceflight.com, November 21, 2010, accessed November 22, 2010 .

[4] William Harwood: Delta 4 rocket blasts off with classified NRO satellite. Spaceflight Now, November 21, 2010, accessed November 22, 2010 .

[5] Justin Ray: Essential eavesdropping satellite launching Friday. Spaceflight Now, November 17, 2010, accessed November 22, 2010 .

[6] Justin Ray: Delta 4-Heavy's hush-hush payload found and identified. Spaceflight Now, January 23, 2011, accessed January 27, 2014 .

[7] Klaus Donath, Thomas Wehr: First Delta IV Heavy starts from Vandenberg. raumfahrer.net, January 21, 2011, accessed January 20, 2012 .

[8] Mission Status Center. Spaceflight Now, April 3, 2012, accessed April 4, 2012 .

[9] Delta 4 poised for one last 'first flight' milestone. Spaceflight Now, March 28, 2012, accessed March 28, 2012 .

[10] Delta 4 set for national security mission next week. Spaceflight Now, March 20, 2012, accessed March 28, 2012 .

[11] Justin Ray: Delta 4 rocket successfully lofts surveillance satellite. Spaceflight Now, March 4, 2012, accessed March 4, 2012 .

[12] Gunter Krebs: Orion 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. In: Gunter's Space Page. August 31, 2013, accessed January 27, 2014 .

[13] William Graham: Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-15 from Cape Canaveral. nasaspaceflight.com, June 29, 2012, accessed January 27, 2014 .

[14] Klaus Donath: Most powerful rocket in the world with NROL-15: target unknown. raumfahrer.net, June 27, 2012, accessed on January 27, 2014 .

[15] Justin Ray: Delta 4 rocket overcomes engine issue during launch. Spaceflight Now, October 6, 2012, accessed October 8, 2012 .

[16] Ed Kyle: Delta 4 Launches GPS-2F-3 ( November 1, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) in Space Launch Report , October 5, 2012, accessed October 8, 2012

[17] Justin Ray: Investigation finds Delta 4 rocket engine issue. Spaceflight Now, December 9, 2012, accessed December 13, 2012 .

[18] Space Launch Report: Delta 4 Heavy Orbits NRO Reconnaissance Satellite ( Memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 30, 2013

[19] NASAspaceflight.com: ULA Delta IV successfully launches with GPS IIF-5. Retrieved February 21, 2014 .

[20] Stephen Clark: Launch of NRO spy satellite delayed at least a week. Spaceflight Now, August 29, 2020, accessed on August 29, 2020 .

[sfn-21] Stephen Clark: Launch Schedule. Spaceflight Now, accessed August 28, 2020 .

[sfn_delta-22] Delta 4 rocket launches Air Force's 10th WGS broadband satellite. In: Spaceflight Now. March 16, 2019, accessed March 16, 2019 .

[sn-heavy-23] Caleb Henry: ULA's Delta 4 Heavy down to final five missions. In: Spacenews. August 21, 2019, accessed on August 22, 2019 (This source gives in a different order and without naming a source first NROL-70 and -91, then NROL-68. The above start list instead gives the order of the much more detailed Spaceflight-Now Article again, but with the more up-to-date and occupied periods from Spacenews).