First flight of the Delta IV Medium and the first US Air Force EELV mission, delivering a DSCS III military communications satellite toward geostationary transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Delta IV M flights
- Date and time
- 11 March 2003, 00:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta IV M
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2003-008
- Launches in 2003
- 8th of 63
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