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Delta II 7420-10C

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
39 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Mass
170,000 kg
Stages
3
Thrust
3,020 kN
First flight
1998-02-14
Total launches
8
Success / Fail
8 / 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.

Propulsion

First stage

RS-27A1,054 kN
RP-1 / LOX · gas-generator
RocketdyneIsp 302s (vac)since 1990

Second stage

AJ-1043 kN
NTO / Aerozine-50 · pressure-fed
Aerojet RocketdyneIsp 319s (vac)since 1962

Payloads it launched

30 loaded
CALIPSO
LEO
CLOUDSAT
LEO
GLOBALSTAR M064
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M063
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M062
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M060
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M053
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M054
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M027
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M024
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M043
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M028
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M048
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M026
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M051
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M035
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M032
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M030
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M052
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M047
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M049
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M025
Globalstar · MEO
GLOBALSTAR M008
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M014
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M015
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M006
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M002
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M003
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M004
Globalstar · LEO
GLOBALSTAR M001
Globalstar · LEO