Delta II
In-activeMcDonnell Douglas (MDC)
Nov. 1, 1994
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
38.9 m -
Diameter
2.44 m -
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m -
Launch Mass
231.0 T -
Thrust
4000.0 kN
Family
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Name
Delta II -
Family
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Variant
7925-10 -
Alias
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Full Name
Delta II 7925-10
Payload Capacity
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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
MDCNone
Delta 7925-10 | Polar
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 24, 1996, 11:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Polar is one of four spacecraft in the Global Geospace Science (GGS) program. These are among the spacecraft (Wind, Geotail, SOHO, and Cluster) in the International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program. POLAR measures solar wind entry, ionospheric output, and the depositions of energy into the neutral atmosphere at high latitudes.
Elliptical OrbitDelta 7925-10 | Wind
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Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
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