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Delta II A Delta II launch vehicle launches from Cape Canaveral carrying the Dawn spacecraft. Function Launch vehicle Manufacturer United Launch Alliance Country of origin United States Cost per launch US$51 million in 1987 (7920-10 model) US$137 million in 2018 before retirement Size Height 38.9 m (128 ft) Diameter 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) Mass 152,000–286,000 kg (335,000–631,000 lb) Stages 2 ...
Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas, and sometimes known as the Thorad Delta 1. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family, derived directly from the Delta 3000 , and entered service in 1989.
The Air Force transferred Launch Complex 17A to NASA in 1965, but the site was returned to the military in 1988 to support McDonnell Douglas's Delta II program. As Delta II launches continued over the next decades, Pad 17B was modified in 1997 to support a new, more powerful launch vehicle, the Delta III, which made its maiden flight from the ...
The Delta rocket family was a versatile range of American rocket-powered expendable launch systems that provided space launch capability in the United States from 1960 to 2024. Japan also launched license-built derivatives ( N-I , N-II , and H-I ) from 1975 to 1992.
This is a list of launches made by the PGM-17 Thor IRBM, and its derivatives, including the Delta family and the Japanese N-I, N-II and H-I rockets which were based on license-produced components. Due to the number of launches, it has been split by decade: List of Thor and Delta launches (1957–1959) List of Thor and Delta launches (1960–1969)
Delta II 6925-8 CCAFS LC-17B Palapa B2R: GTO: NewSat: Success First commercial Delta II launch, Comsat: 195 June 1, 1990 21:48 Delta II 6920-10 CCAFS LC-17A ROSAT: 2,421 kg LEO: NASA: Success Space telescope: 196 June 12, 1990 05:52 Delta 4925-8: CCAFS LC-17B INSAT 1D: GTO: Success Comsat, Last Delta I launch 197 August 2, 1990 05:39 Delta II ...
Mars rover, First Delta II Heavy launch (with GEM 46s used on the Delta III) 300 August 25, 2003 05:35 Delta II 7920H-9.5 CCAFS SLC-17B Spitzer Space Telescope (SIRTF) 851.5 kg Heliocentric: NASA: Success [25] Infra-red telescope, 300th Delta rocket mission, First Delta II Heavy launch without a third-stage motor 301 August 29, 2003 23:13 Delta ...
GPS IIR-1 or GPS SVN-42 was the first Block IIR GPS satellite to be launched. It was to have been operated as part of the United States Air Force Global Positioning System.It was launched on 17 January 1997, and was destroyed 13 seconds into its flight due to a malfunction of the Delta II launch vehicle that was carrying it. [2]