Launch vehicle · United Launch Alliance
Delta IV Heavy
RocketsHeavy-lift
Imagery
ULA Delta IV Heavy Common Booster Cores for the Parker Solar Pro
The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy common booster core arrives aboard the company's Mariner ship and prepared for offload at Port Canaveral in Florida.
2017
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
A heavy-lift expendable rocket by United Launch Alliance, retired in 2024, used for national-security and high-energy science launches such as Parker Solar Probe.
Components & hardware
Knowledge connections
- Operated byUnited Launch Alliance
- LaunchedParker Solar Probe
- Member of familyDelta
- Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 37B
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Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ULAUnited Launch Alliance
Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan Centaur — manufacturer specifications and mission data.