Head to head

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur 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-3D Centaur: 800 kg

Delta 2914: 724 kg

Side by side

7 comparable figures

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

Metric	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	Delta 2914
Flights flown	32	30
Success rate	93.8%	93.3%
Payload to LEO (kg)	800	724
Length (m)	21	35
Diameter (m)	3.05	2.44
Launch mass (t)	120	130
Stages	2	4

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Flight record

93.8% success rate30 of 32 flown · 2 failed

1973peak 1978 · 7 flights1983

Maiden flight 1973-04-06. 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-3D Centaur is built by Convair of the United States (company profile on Space Index).Delta 2914 is built by McDonnell Douglas of the United States.

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