Delta II

In-active

McDonnell 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
  • 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
  • Name
    Delta II
  • Family
  • Variant
    6925
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Delta II 6925
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    3981.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    1446.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial
None
MDC

None

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McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape 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.

Elliptical Orbit
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Delta 6925 | INMARSAT II F-2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 8, 1991, 11:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Commercial communications satellite covering the west Atlantic.

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 6925 | INMARSAT II F-1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 30, 1990, 11:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 1, 1990, 9:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | Marcopolo 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 18, 1990, 12:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

British geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 2, 1990, 5:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 26, 1990, 2:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1990, 10:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 11, 1989, 6:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 21, 1989, 9:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 18, 1989, 5:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 10, 1989, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Delta 6925 | GPS-2 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 14, 1989, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation GPS navigation satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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