Delta IV Heavy | EFT-1
Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
EFT-1
Exploration Flight Test-1 was the first test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The spacecraft was flown on a Delta IV Heavy to orbit, intending to test systems in preparation for future flights.
Orion 001
Serial 001
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Retired
Landing Time 2014-12-05T16:29:00+0000
Delta IV Heavy
Height 72.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 14210 kg
Liftoff Thrust 8674 kN
Diameter 5.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 28370 kg
Liftoff Mass 733 Tonnes
Launch Success 15
Consecutive Success 15
Maiden Flight 2004-12-21
Launch Failures 1
Programs
Artemis
The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024.
