Delta II 7925
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Delta II is an American space launch system developed by McDonnell Douglas, now part of the Delta rocket family operated by United Launch Alliance. With more than 150 missions and a nearly perfect track record, Delta II has established itself as one of the most successful orbital launch systems.
Specifications
- Height
- 38.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.4 m
- Launch mass
- 232 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- $51M
- LEO capacity
- 5,089 kg
- GTO capacity
- 1,840 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
36flightswith a definitive outcome
94.4%success rate34 of 36
2failuresincluding partial failures
5success streakcurrent
First flight November 26, 1990 · latest August 17, 2009
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Delta II flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |