Delta II

In-active

McDonnell Douglas (MDC)

April 13, 1990

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
    4
  • Length
    39.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.44 m
  • Launch Mass
    219.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Delta II
  • Family
  • Variant
    6925-8
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Delta II 6925-8
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

McDonnell Douglas

Commercial
None
MDC

None

Delta 6925-8 | Palapa B2R

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 13, 1990, 10:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Indonesian geostationary communications satellite

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