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Delta II 6925

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
38.1 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Mass
218,000 kg
Stages
4
Payload to LEO
3,981 kg
Payload to GTO
1,446 kg
First flight
1989-02-14
Total launches
13
Success / Fail
13 / 0

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.

Payloads it launched · 13

GEOTAIL
HEO
INMARSAT 2-F2
GEO
INMARSAT 2-F1
GEO
NAVSTAR 21 (USA 64)
GPS · MEO
THOR I (MARCOPOLO 2)
GEO
NAVSTAR 20 (USA 63)
GPS · MEO
NAVSTAR 19 (USA 54)
GPS · MEO
NAVSTAR 18 (USA 50)
GPS · MEO
NAVSTAR 17 (USA 49)
GPS · MEO
NAVSTAR 16 (USA 47)
GPS · MEO
NAVSTAR 15 (USA 42)
GPS · MEO
NAVSTAR 14 (USA 38)
GPS · MEO
NAVSTAR 13 (USA 35)
GPS · MEO