List of Delta II launches

• Delta 6000: 14 February 1989 (USA-35)
• Delta 7000: 26 November 1990 (USA-66)
• Delta 7000H: 8 July 2003 (Opportunity rover)

See also: Operation Burnt Frost

Delta II

A Delta II launch vehicle launches from Cape Canaveral carrying the Dawn spacecraft.
Function	Launch vehicle
Manufacturer	United Launch Alliance
Country of origin	United States
Cost per launch	US$51 million in 1987 (7920-10 model) [1] US$137 million in 2018 before retirement [2]
Size
Height	38.9 m (128 ft) [3]
Diameter	2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Mass	152,000–286,000 kg (335,000–631,000 lb) [3]
Stages	2 or 3
Capacity
Payload to Low Earth orbit
Mass	2,800–6,140 kg (6,170–13,540 lb) [3]
Last flight	Delta 6000: 24 July 1992 (Geotail) Delta 7000: 15 September 2018 (ICESat-2) Delta 7000H: 10 September 2011 (GRAIL)
Boosters (6000 Series) – Castor 4A
No. boosters	9
Powered by	Solid
Maximum thrust	478 kN (107,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	266 s (2.61 km/s)
Burn time	56 seconds
127	February 17, 2007 23:01	Delta II 7925-10C	CCAFS SLC-17B	THEMIS	77 kg	HEO	NASA	Success [45]
	Five magnetosphere observatories
128	June 8, 2007 02:34	Delta II 7420-10	VAFB SLC-2W	COSMO-SkyMed 1		LEO	ASI	Success [46]
	Earth imaging/reconnaissance, Italian government
129	August 4, 2007 09:26	Delta II 7925	CCAFS SLC-17A	Phoenix	350 kg	Heliocentric	NASA	Success [47]
	Mars lander
130	September 18, 2007 18:35	Delta II 7920-10	VAFB SLC-2W	DigitalGlobe WorldView-1	2,500 kg	SSO	DigitalGlobe	Success [48]
	Commercial Earth imaging satellite
131	September 27, 2007 11:34	Delta II 7925H-9.5	CCAFS SLC-17B	Dawn	747.1 kg	Heliocentric	NASA	Success [49]
	First purposeful mission to the Asteroid Belt, 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres orbiter, first spacecraft to orbit two different planetary bodies
132	October 17, 2007 12:23	Delta II 7925-9.5	CCAFS SLC-17A	USA-196 (GPS IIR-M-4)	2,032 kg	MEO	US Air Force	Success [50]
	Navigation satellite
133	December 9, 2007 02:31	Delta II 7420-10	VAFB SLC-2W	COSMO-2		LEO	ASI	Success [51]
	Italian government, Earth imaging/reconnaissance
134	December 20, 2007 20:04	Delta II 7925-9.5	CCAFS SLC-17A	USA-199 (GPS IIR-M-5)	2,032 kg	MEO	US Air Force	Success [52]
	Navigation satellite
135	March 15, 2008 06:10	Delta II 7925-9.5	CCAFS SLC-17A	USA-201 (GPS IIR-M-6)	2,032 kg	MEO	US Air Force	Success [53]
	80th consecutive successful launch, Navigation satellite
136	June 11, 2008 16:05	Delta II 7920H-10C	CCAFS SLC-17B	GLAST	4,303 kg	LEO	NASA	Success [54]
	First Delta II Heavy launch with a 10-foot (3.0 m)-wide composite fairing, Gamma-ray Telescope
137	June 20, 2008 07:46	Delta II 7320	VAFB SLC-2W	Jason-2	510 kg	LEO	NASA	Success [55]
	Ocean topography
138	September 6, 2008 18:50	Delta II 7420-10	VAFB SLC-2W	GeoEye-1	1,955 kg	LEO	DigitalGlobe	Success [56]
	Earth imaging
139	October 25, 2008 02:28	Delta II 7420	VAFB SLC-2W	COSMO-3		LEO	ASI	Success [57]
	Earth imaging/reconnaissance
140	February 6, 2009 10:22	Delta II 7320-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	NOAA-19 (NOAA-N Prime)	1,440 kg	SSO	NOAA	Success [58]
	Weather satellite
141	March 7, 2009 03:49	Delta II 7925-10L	CCAFS SLC-17B	Kepler	478 kg	Heliocentric	NASA	Success [59]
	Space photometer
142	March 24, 2009 08:34	Delta II 7925-9.5	CCAFS SLC-17A	USA-203 (GPS IIR-M-7)	2,032 kg	MEO	US Air Force	Success [60]
	Navigation satellite
143	May 5, 2009 20:24	Delta II 7920-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	USA-205 (STSS-ATRR/ GMD Block 2010 SRR)	Classified	LEO	MDA	Success [61]
	Satellite Technology
144	August 17, 2009 10:35	Delta II 7925	CCAFS SLC-17A	USA-206 (GPS IIRM-8)	2,032 kg	MEO	US Air Force	Success [62]
	Navigation satellite, Final launch from SLC-17A, Final Delta II launch for the USAF, Final use of the 7925 configuration
145	September 25, 2009 12:20	Delta II 7920-10C	CCAFS SLC-17B	USA-208/209 (STSS Demo/ GMD Block 2006)		LEO	US Air Force	Success [63]
	90th consecutive success for Delta II, Missile Defense Technology test
146	October 8, 2009 18:51	Delta II 7920-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	WorldView-2	2,800 kg	LEO	DigitalGlobe	Success [64]
	Earth imaging/reconnaissance
147	December 14, 2009 14:09	Delta II 7320-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	WISE	347 kg	LEO	NASA	Success [65]
	Space telescope
148	6 November 2010 02:20	Delta II 7420-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	COSMO-4	1,900 kg	SSO	Italian Space Agency	Success [66] [67]
	Earth imaging / One of four reconnaissance and Earth observation satellites. The satellite's imagery will be applied to defense and security assurance in Italy and other countries, seismic hazard analysis, environmental disaster monitoring, and agricultural mapping. [68]
149	10 June 2011 14:20	Delta II 7320-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	SAC-D	1,350 kg	SSO	CONAE / NASA	Success [69]
	A technology demonstration and Earth observation satellite. The launch was delayed from May 2010 because development of the spacecraft was taking longer than expected. [70]
150	10 September 2011 13:08	Delta II 7920H-10C	CCAFS SLC-17B	GRAIL	307 kg	Lunar orbit	NASA/JPL	Success [71]
	Final Delta II Heavy launch and final launch from SLC-17 at CCAFS. Part of NASA's Discovery Program which used high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure. The launch was delayed several days due to high level winds and an issue with the rocket's propulsion system that was detected while the Delta II rocket was drained of fuel.
151	28 October 2011 09:48	Delta II 7920-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	Suomi NPP / ELaNa III	1,400 kg	SSO	NASA / NOAA / DoD	Success [72]
	A weather satellite that acts as a bridge between POES satellites and the Joint Polar Satellite System. The satellite measures climate data. The launch also included the secondary payload ELaNa III, 5 CubeSats that are part of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites NASA program.
152	2 July 2014 09:56	Delta II 7320-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	OCO-2	454 kg	SSO	NASA	Success [73]
	Climate research satellite being used to study carbon dioxide concentrations and distributions in the atmosphere. The initial launch attempt on 1 July at 09:56:44 UTC was scrubbed at 46 seconds on the countdown clock due to a faulty valve on the water suppression system, used to flow water on the launch pad to dampen the acoustic energy during launch.
153	31 January 2015 14:22	Delta II 7320-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	SMAP/ELaNa X	944 kg	SSO	NASA	Success [74]
	Final launch of Delta II 7300 series. Environmental research satellite. SMAP provides measurements of the land surface soil moisture and freeze-thaw state with near-global revisit coverage in 2–3 days. The launch also included the secondary payload ELaNa X, 3 CubeSats that are part of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites NASA program.
154	18 November 2017 09:47	Delta II 7920-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	JPSS-1/NOAA-20	2,540 kg	SSO	NOAA	Success [75]
	Final flight of the Delta II 7900 series. The NOAA-20 launch was delayed several times, from 2014 to 2017, due to various testing problems. First satellite of the JPSS series weather satellite system. JPSS will provide the global environmental data used in numerical weather prediction models for forecasts, and scientific data used for climate monitoring. Re-designated NOAA-20. [76]
155	15 September 2018, 13:02	Delta II 7420-10C	VAFB SLC-2W	ICESat-2	1,514 kg	LEO	NASA	Success
	Final Delta II launch and final flight of a Thor-derived launch vehicle. 100th successful launch of a Delta II in a row. Earth science satellite.

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