Rockets

Delta·McDonnell Douglas

Delta II 7425-9.5

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
39 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Mass
170,000 kg
Stages
4
Thrust
3,020 kN
First flight
1998-12-11
Total launches
3
Success / Fail
3 / 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

3 loaded