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Delta 4M+(5,2)
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Delta 4 Med (5.2) Delta IV Medium+ (5.2) Credit: © Mark Wade

AKA: Delta IV Medium+ (5.2). Status: Active. First Launch: 2012-04-03. Last Launch: 2018-01-12. Number: 3 . Payload: 10,300 kg (22,700 lb). Thrust: 4,183.20 kN (940,421 lbf). Gross mass: 292,732 kg (645,363 lb). Height: 77.20 m (253.20 ft). Diameter: 5.00 m (16.40 ft). Apogee: 185 km (114 mi).

LEO Payload: 10,300 kg (22,700 lb) to a 185 km orbit at 28.50 degrees. Payload: 4,350 kg (9,590 lb) to a GTO, 27 deg. Launch Price $: 150.000 million in 2004 dollars.

Stage Data - Delta IV Medium+ (5.2)

• Stage 0. 2 x GEM 60. Gross Mass: 33,798 kg (74,511 lb). Empty Mass: 3,849 kg (8,485 lb). Thrust (vac): 826.553 kN (185,817 lbf). Isp: 275 sec. Burn time: 90 sec. Isp(sl): 243 sec. Diameter: 1.52 m (4.98 ft). Span: 1.52 m (4.98 ft). Length: 53.00 m (173.00 ft). Propellants: Solid. No Engines: 1. Engine: GEM 60. Status: In production. Comments: 90.5 bar chamber pressure, 11.0 nozzle expansion ratio. Figures for TVC version. Fixed nozzle version is 599 kg lighter.

• Stage 1. 1 x Delta RS-68. Gross Mass: 226,400 kg (499,100 lb). Empty Mass: 26,760 kg (58,990 lb). Thrust (vac): 3,312.755 kN (744,737 lbf). Isp: 420 sec. Burn time: 249 sec. Isp(sl): 365 sec. Diameter: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Span: 5.10 m (16.70 ft). Length: 40.80 m (133.80 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 1. Engine: RS-68. Status: In production. Comments: Low cost expendable stage using lower performance engine. Used in Delta 4, Boeing EELV. Engine can be throttled to 60%.

• Stage 2. 1 x Delta 4 - 2. Gross Mass: 24,170 kg (53,280 lb). Empty Mass: 2,850 kg (6,280 lb). Thrust (vac): 110.050 kN (24,740 lbf). Isp: 462 sec. Burn time: 850 sec. Diameter: 2.44 m (8.00 ft). Span: 4.00 m (13.10 ft). Length: 12.00 m (39.00 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 1. Engine: RL-10B-2. Status: In production. Comments: Delta 3 second stage with hydrogen tank stretch.

• USA 234 - . Payload: NROL-25. Nation: USA. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military Radarsat. Spacecraft: Topaz. USAF Sat Cat: 38109 . COSPAR: 2012-014A. Second FIA Radarsat mission, following NROL-41 / USA-25 / 2010-46A..

• USA 267 - . Payload: TOPAZ 4?. Nation: USA. Class: Surveillance. Type: Military Radarsat. Spacecraft: Topaz. USAF Sat Cat: 41334 . COSPAR: 2016-010A. Apogee: 1,085 km (674 mi). Perigee: 1,078 km (669 mi). Inclination: 123.00 deg. Satellite for the US National Reconnaissance Office. The launch was designated NRO L-45. The USA 267 payload was observed in a 1078 x 1085 km orbit with a retrograde 123 degree inclination, characteristic of the TOPAZ radar imaging satellites..

• USA 281 - . Payload: TOPAZ 5?. Nation: USA. USAF Sat Cat: 43145 . COSPAR: 2018-005A. See Topaz 5 (FIA-Radar 5, USA 281, NROL 47). ..