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Delta II

In-active

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

June 8, 2007

Description

Delta II is an American space launch system developed by McDonnell Douglas, now part of the Delta rocket family operated by United Launch Alliance. With more than 150 missions and a nearly perfect track record, Delta II has established itself as one of the most successful orbital launch systems.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
38.7 m
Diameter
2.4 m
Fairing Diameter
3.0 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
1895.0 kN

Family

Name
Delta II
Family
―
Variant
7420-10C
Alias
―
Full Name
Delta II 7420-10C

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$51000000
Low Earth Orbit
3099.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

United Launch Alliance

Commercial

CEO: Tory Bruno

ULA 2006

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

Previous Flights

flew on six previous launch(es).

Delta II 7420-10 | ICESat-2

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 15, 2018, 1:02 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite 2) is a NASA Earth observation mission for measuring ice sheet elevation and sea ice freeboard, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit #ICESat2

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Delta II 7420-10 | COSMO-SkyMed 4

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 6, 2010, 2:20 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Delta II 7420-10 | COSMO-Skymed 3

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 25, 2008, 2:28 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A reconnaissance satellite for the Italy, for both military and civilian use.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Delta II 7420-10 | GeoEye-1

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 6, 2008, 6:50 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A high resolution Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe.

Low Earth Orbit

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Delta II 7420-10 | COSMO-SkyMed 2

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 9, 2007, 2:31 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A reconnaissance satellite for the Italy, for both military and civilian use.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Delta II 7420-10 | COSMO-SkyMed 1

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 8, 2007, 2:34 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A reconnaissance satellite for the Italy, for both military and civilian use.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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