Delta II
In-activeMcDonnell Douglas (MDC)
Feb. 14, 1989
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
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Stages
4 -
Length
38.1 m -
Diameter
2.44 m -
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m -
Launch Mass
218.0 T -
Thrust
3981.0 kN
Family
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Name
Delta II -
Family
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Variant
6925 -
Alias
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Full Name
Delta II 6925
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
3981.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
1446.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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McDonnell Douglas
Commercial
None
MDCNone
Delta 6925 | Geotail & DUVE
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 24, 1992, 2:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Geotail mission measures global energy flow and transformation in the magnetotail to increase understanding of fundamental magnetospheric processes. The objective of tthe DUVE experiment is to perform sensitive spectroscopy of diffuse emissions from the interstellar medium to increase the understanding of the dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium and the Galaxy.
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June 10, 1989, 10:30 p.m.
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