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Delta II

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

May 4, 2002

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
3
Length
40.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
232.0 T
Thrust
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Family

Name
Delta II
Family
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Variant
7920-10L
Alias
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Full Name
Delta II 7920-10L

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 two previous launch(es).

Delta 7920-10L | Aura

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 15, 2004, 10:01 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System following on Terra and Aqua.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Delta 7920-10L | Aqua

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 4, 2002, 9:54 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The focus for the Aqua (formerly EOS PM) satellite is the multidisciplinary study of the Earth's interrelated processes (atmosphere, oceans, and land-surface) and their relationship to Earth system changes.

Low Earth Orbit

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