Head to head

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D vs Delta 2914

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D: 1,000 kg

Delta 2914: 724 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	Atlas SLV-3 Agena D	Delta 2914
Flights flown	48	30
Success rate	91.7%	93.3%
Payload to LEO (kg)	1,000	724
Liftoff thrust (kN)	1,340	2,287
Length (m)	36	35
Diameter (m)	3	2.44
Launch mass (t)	155	130
Stages	2	4

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Flight record

91.7% success rate44 of 48 flown · 4 failed

1964peak 1966 · 24 flights1967

Maiden flight 1964-08-14. Retired.

Delta 2914

Flight record

93.3% success rate28 of 30 flown · 2 failed

1974peak 1977 · 8 flights1979

Maiden flight 1974-04-13. Retired.

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D is built by Convair of the United States.Delta 2914 is built by McDonnell Douglas of the United States.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · Delta 2914.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.