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Delta 2313

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

Jan. 19, 1974

Description

The Delta 2000 series was an American expendable launch system which was used to conduct forty-four orbital launches between 1974 and 1981. It was a member of the Delta family of rockets. Several variants existed, which were differentiated by a four digit numerical code.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
35.0 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Fairing Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
131.0 T
Thrust
1737.0 kN

Family

Name
Delta 2313
Family
―
Variant
2313
Alias
―
Full Name
Delta 2313

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial

None

MDC

None

Previous Flights

flew on three previous launch(es).

Delta 2313 | Sirio 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 25, 1977, 11:49 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The SIRIO satellite is an experimental geostationary artificial telecommunications satellite, the first to be designed and built in Italy.

Geostationary Orbit

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Delta 2313 | Skynet IIB

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 1974, 12:28 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

British military communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit

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Delta 2313 | Skynet IIA

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 19, 1974, 1:38 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

British military communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit

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