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Delta II 7920H

Retired

United Launch Alliance

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.

Key figures

Total launches
1
Successes
1
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
1
Maiden flight
Aug 25, 2003
Launch cost
$51 Mio.
Reusable
No
Planned launches
0
Delta, Delta II family total
155 launches · 153 successes · 2 failures (25 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Delta II 7920H” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Delta, Delta II family totals 155 launches across 25 variants.

Technology

Length
38.9 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Launch mass
232 t
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
5,959 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
2,120 kg

Launches per year

of which in our database: 1

2003: 1 Successes12003
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Aug 25, 2003🚀 Maiden flightSpitzer Space TelescopeView launch →

Sources