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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 ...
The Delta II series was developed after the 1986 Challenger accident and consisted of the Delta 6000-series and 7000-series, with two variants (Light and Heavy) of the latter. The Delta 6000-series introduced the Extra Extended Long Tank first stage, which was 12 ft (3.7 m) longer, and the Castor 4A boosters.
Status: Retired: Launch sites: ... Delta II was an expendable launch system, ... In some early Delta II flights, a fairing, about 8-feet in diameter (from older Delta ...
Following the Delta II's retirement, SLC-2W was leased out to Firefly Aerospace and repurposed to launch the Firefly Alpha. During the demolition process, a fire broke out on October 15, 2020, inside the Delta II mobile service tower. [6] The maiden flight of Firefly Alpha took place on September 3, 2021, and resulted in a flight failure. [7]
2.2 Current status. 3 Statistics. 4 See also. 5 References. ... Delta II 7326 [1] D-261: Launch site: ... the technology had not been demonstrated in flight on United ...
Delta II 6920-10 Cape Canaveral LC-17A: McDonnell Douglas EUVE: NASA Low Earth Ultraviolet astronomy: 31 January 2002: Successful Final flight of Delta II 6920 10 June 00:00 Atlas IIA: Cape Canaveral LC-36B General Dynamics Intelsat K: Intelsat: Geostationary Communications: In orbit: Successful Maiden flight of Atlas IIA 23 June 08:00 Soyuz-U ...
The flights will launch from the vehicle's dedicated pad at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B). The first three flights use the Block 1 configuration with a modified Delta Cryogenic Second Stage known as the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS).
USA-92 was launched at 13:27:00 UTC on 26 June 1993, atop a Delta II launch vehicle, flight number D221, flying in the 7925–9.5 configuration. [4] The launch took place from Launch Complex 17A (LC-17A) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), [5] and placed USA-92 into a transfer orbit.