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Two versions have been produced: a 4 m (13 ft) diameter DCSS that was retired with the Delta IV Medium and a 5 m (16 ft) diameter DCSS that remains in service with the Delta IV Heavy. The 4 m diameter version lengthened both Delta III propellant tanks, while the 5-meter version has an extended diameter liquid hydrogen tank and a further ...
NASA satellite photograph of the Nile Delta (shown in false color) The Nile Delta at night as seen from the ISS in October 2010.. The Nile Delta (Arabic: دلتا النيل, Delta an-Nīl or simply الدلتا, ad-Delta) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. [1]
The Delta class, (Russian: Дельта) Soviet designations Project 667B Murena, Project 667BD Murena-M, Project 667BDR Kalmar, Project 667BDRM Delfin, (NATO reporting names Delta I, Delta II, Delta III, Delta IV respectively) are a family of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, designed and built in the Soviet Union, which formed the backbone of the Soviet and Russian strategic ...
The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) was an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family. It was the world's third highest-capacity launch vehicle in operation at the time of its retirement in 2024, behind NASA 's Space Launch System and SpaceX 's Falcon Heavy and closely followed by CASC 's Long March 5 .
The Daily Telegraph reported that in 2002, a team comprising Special Air Service and Delta Force personnel was sent into the Pakistan administered Jammu and Kashmir to hunt for Osama bin Laden after reports that he was being sheltered by the Pakistani militant group HuM. US officials believed that Al-Qaeda was helping organize a campaign of ...
The Delta Gamma Foundation was formed in 1951. [13] It has three main philanthropic focuses: service for sight, grants to the fraternity for educational and leadership purposes, and grants to individual members. [13] Members and local chapters contribute to its funds. Delta Gamma gives more than 150,000 volunteer hours to service for sight each ...
A river delta is so named because the shape of the Nile Delta approximates the triangular uppercase Greek letter delta.The triangular shape of the Nile Delta was known to audiences of classical Athenian drama; the tragedy Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus refers to it as the "triangular Nilotic land", though not as a "delta". [8]
Delta Zeta is an international college sorority.It was established in 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. [1] The sorority absorbed Beta Phi Alpha in 1941, Delta Sigma Epsilon in 1956, and Theta Upsilon in 1962. [2]