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Delta rocket

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The Delta 4 Heavy (there are five configurations of Delta 4, of which this is the largest) can lift up to 13,130 kg/28,950 lb.

US rocket used to launch many scientific and communications satellites since 1960. Its design is based on the Thor ballistic missile. Several increasingly powerful versions have been produced as satellites became larger and heavier. Solid-fuel boosters were attached to the first stage of the rocket in order to increase lifting power.

NASA's twin rovers were launched to Mars in June and July 2003 atop a Delta II rocket. Delta II, Delta III, and Delta IV series vehicles are all now in active use.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has just two minutes each day, until mid-August, to attempt to launch the unmanned Delta rocket with the spacecraft.
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Several GOES satellites failed prematurely in the early 1980s, and the agency lost one satellite in 1986 when a Delta rocket carrying the instrument to orbit suffered mechanical problems during liftoff and was subsequently destroyed.
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Initially operated by GTE Spacenet, a VSAT services company acquired by GE AMERICOM in 1994, Spacenet-4 was launched on a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida in April 1991.
SES AMERICOM Retires Spacenet-4 After 15 Years of Service; Excellent ... by Business Wire
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