DSCS III A-3
Delta IV M
United States Air Force
Mission
DSCS III A-3
Type: Communications
The U.S. Air Force Space Command operates 10 Phase III DSCS satellites providing defense officials and battlefield commanders secure voice and high rate data communications. The DSCS III system also transmits space operations and early warning data to various systems and users.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Delta IV M – United Launch Alliance
- Family: Delta
- Length: 63 m
- Diameter: 5 m
- Launch Mass: 250 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 8600 kg
The Delta IV M was manufactured by United Launch Alliance with the first launch on 2003-03-11. Delta IV M has 3 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 3 launches. Delta IV is a group of five expendable launch systems in the Delta rocket family introduced in the early 2000s. Originally designed by Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security division for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, the Delta IV became a United Launch Alliance (ULA) product in 2006. The Delta IV was and is primarily a launch vehicle for United States Air Force military payloads, but has also been used to launch a number of U.S. government non-military payloads and a single commercial satellite.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
