Space Launch Now - Delta II

Delta II

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

Feb. 7, 1999

Description

Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family and entered service in 1989. Delta II vehicles included the Delta 6000, and the two later Delta 7000 variants ("Light" and "Heavy"). The rocket flew its final mission ICESat-2 on 15 September 2018, earning the launch vehicle a streak of 100 successful missions in a row, with the last failure being GPS IIR-1 in 1997.

Specifications

Stages
4
Length
39.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
170.0 T
Thrust
3020.0 kN

Family

Name
Delta II
Family
―
Variant
7426-9.5
Alias
―
Full Name
Delta II 7426-9.5

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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McDonnell Douglas

Commercial

None

MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

Delta 7426-9.5 | Stardust

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 7, 1999, 9:04 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to the exploration of a comet, and the first robotic mission designed to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of the Moon.

Heliocentric N/A

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