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title="Delta-II – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Delta-II" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0_II" title="Делта II – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Делта II" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7_%DB%B2" title="دلتا ۲ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دلتا ۲" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B8%ED%83%80_II" title="델타 II – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="델타 II" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE_2" title="डेल्टा 2 – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डेल्टा 2" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%AA%D7%90_2" title="דלתא 2 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דלתא 2" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90-2" title="დელტა-2 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დელტა-2" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF_II" title="デルタ II – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デルタ II" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B0-2" title="Дельта-2 – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дельта-2" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II" title="Delta II – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Delta II" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" 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For the submarine, see <a href="/wiki/Delta-class_submarine" title="Delta-class submarine">Delta-class submarine</a>. For the airplane, see <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Delta_2" title="Fairey Delta 2">Fairey Delta 2</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a> carrying the <a href="/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)" title="Dawn (spacecraft)">Dawn</a> spacecraft.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Function</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">Launch vehicle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data brand"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a><br />(1989–1997)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Defense,_Space_%26_Security" title="Boeing Defense, Space & Security">Boeing Defense, Space & Security</a> (1997–2006)</li><li><a href="/wiki/United_Launch_Alliance" title="United Launch Alliance">United Launch Alliance</a> (2006–2018)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cost per launch</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>US$51 million in 1987<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>US$137 million in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Size</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">38.9 m (128 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-data_sheet_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">2.44 m (8 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">152,000–286,100 kg (335,100–630,700 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-data_sheet_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Capacity <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddf;">Payload to <a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">LEO</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbital inclination</th><td class="infobox-data">28.7°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">2,776–6,107 kg (6,120–13,464 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddf;">Payload to <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">GTO</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbital inclination</th><td class="infobox-data">28.7°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">929–2,180 kg (2,048–4,806 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ddf;">Payload to <a href="/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit" title="Sun-synchronous orbit">SSO</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orbital inclination</th><td class="infobox-data">98.7°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">1,652–3,182 kg (3,642–7,015 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;">Launch history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Retired</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch sites</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17" title="Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17">SLC-17</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_2" title="Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2">SLC-2W</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total launches</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>155:</li><li>   <b>Delta 6000:</b> 17</li><li>   <b>Delta 7000:</b> 132</li><li>   <b>Delta 7000 Heavy:</b> 6</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Success(es)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>153:</li><li>   <b>Delta 6000:</b> 17</li><li>   <b>Delta 7000:</b> 130</li><li>   <b>Delta 7000 Heavy:</b> 6</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Failure(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (Delta 7000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Partial failure(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (Delta 7000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Delta 6000:</b> 14 February 1989 (<a href="/wiki/USA-35" title="USA-35">USA-35</a>)</li> <li><b>Delta 7000:</b> 26 November 1990 (<a href="/wiki/USA-66" title="USA-66">USA-66</a>)</li> <li><b>Delta 7000 Heavy:</b> 7 July 2003 (<a href="/wiki/Opportunity_rover" class="mw-redirect" title="Opportunity rover">Opportunity rover</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last flight</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Delta 6000:</b> 24 July 1992 (<a href="/wiki/Geotail" title="Geotail">Geotail</a>)</li> <li><b>Delta 7000:</b> 15 September 2018 (<a href="/wiki/ICESat-2" title="ICESat-2">ICESat-2</a>)</li> <li><b>Delta 7000 Heavy:</b> 10 September 2011 (<a href="/wiki/GRAIL" title="GRAIL">GRAIL</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Boosters (Delta 6000) – <a href="/wiki/Castor_4A" class="mw-redirect" title="Castor 4A">Castor 4A</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">No. boosters</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">9.2 m (30 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-Castor4A_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castor4A-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Empty mass</th><td class="infobox-data">1,457 kg (3,212 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gross mass</th><td class="infobox-data">11,578 kg (25,525 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">Solid</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">478.3 kN (107,500 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">266 s (2.61 km/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">56 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl-terminated_polybutadiene" title="Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene">HTPB</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Boosters (Delta 7000) – <a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM 40</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">No. boosters</th><td class="infobox-data">3, 4, or 9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">13.0 m (42.7 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Empty mass</th><td class="infobox-data">1,315 kg (2,899 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gross mass</th><td class="infobox-data">13,080 kg (28,840 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">Solid</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Ground-lit</b>: 499.2 kN (112,200 lb<sub>f</sub>)</li> <li><b>Air-lit</b>: 516.2 kN (116,000 lb<sub>f</sub>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Ground-lit</b>: 274.0 s (2.687 km/s)</li> <li><b>Air-lit</b>: 283.4 s (2.779 km/s)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">64 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ammonium_perchlorate_composite_propellant" title="Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant">AP</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl-terminated_polybutadiene" title="Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene">HTPB</a> / <a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">Al</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Boosters (Delta 7000 Heavy) – <a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM 46</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">No. boosters</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">14.7 m (48 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">1.17 m (3 ft 10 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Empty mass</th><td class="infobox-data">2,035 kg (4,486 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gross mass</th><td class="infobox-data">19,040 kg (41,980 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">Solid</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Ground-lit</b>: 608.1 kN (136,700 lb<sub>f</sub>)</li> <li><b>Air-lit</b>: 628.5 kN (141,300 lb<sub>f</sub>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Ground-lit</b>: 224.0 s (2.197 km/s)</li> <li><b>Air-lit</b>: 284.0 s (2.785 km/s)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">76 seconds or 178.03 seconds after liftoff</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ammonium_perchlorate_composite_propellant" title="Ammonium perchlorate composite propellant">APCP</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl-terminated_polybutadiene" title="Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene">HTPB</a> / <a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">Al</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">First stage – Thor/Delta XLT(-C)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">26.1 m (86 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Empty mass</th><td class="infobox-data">5,680 kg (12,520 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gross mass</th><td class="infobox-data">101,800 kg (224,400 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">1 × <a href="/wiki/RS-27" title="RS-27">RS-27</a> (6000 series) or <a href="/wiki/RS-27A" class="mw-redirect" title="RS-27A">RS-27A</a> (7000 series) <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">1,054 kN (237,000 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">302 s (2.96 km/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">260.5 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RP-1" title="RP-1">RP-1</a> / <a href="/wiki/LOX" class="mw-redirect" title="LOX">LOX</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Second stage – <a href="/wiki/Delta_K" class="mw-redirect" title="Delta K">Delta K</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 m (20 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Empty mass</th><td class="infobox-data">950 kg (2,090 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gross mass</th><td class="infobox-data">6,954 kg (15,331 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">1 × <a href="/wiki/AJ-10" class="mw-redirect" title="AJ-10">AJ10-118K</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">43.6 kN (9,800 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">319 s (3.13 km/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">431 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dinitrogen_tetroxide" title="Dinitrogen tetroxide">N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub></a> / <a href="/wiki/Aerozine_50" title="Aerozine 50">Aerozine 50</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddf;">Third stage – <a href="/wiki/Payload_Assist_Module" title="Payload Assist Module">PAM-D</a> (optional)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Powered by</th><td class="infobox-data">1 × <a href="/wiki/Star_48B" class="mw-redirect" title="Star 48B">Star 48B</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum thrust</th><td class="infobox-data">66 kN (15,000 lb<sub>f</sub>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_impulse" title="Specific impulse">Specific impulse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">286 s (2.80 km/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burn time</th><td class="infobox-data">87 seconds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Propellant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl-terminated_polybutadiene" title="Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene">HTPB</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="metadata" style="text-align: right;">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49538" class="extiw" title="d:Q49538">edit on Wikidata</a>]</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Delta II</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Expendable_launch_system" title="Expendable launch system">expendable launch system</a>, originally designed and built by <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a>, and sometimes known as the Thorad Delta 1. Delta II was part of the <a href="/wiki/Delta_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Delta rocket">Delta rocket</a> family, derived directly from the <a href="/wiki/Delta_3000" title="Delta 3000">Delta 3000</a>, and entered service in 1989. There were two main variants, the Delta 6000 and Delta 7000, with the latter also having "Light" and "Heavy" subvariants. During its career, Delta II flew several notable payloads, including 24 <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">Global Positioning System</a> (GPS) <a href="/wiki/GPS_satellite_blocks" title="GPS satellite blocks">Block II</a> satellites, several dozen NASA payloads, and 60 Iridium communication satellites. The rocket flew its final mission, <a href="/wiki/ICESat-2" title="ICESat-2">ICESat-2</a>, on 15 September 2018, earning the launch vehicle a streak of 100 successful missions in a row, with the last failure being <a href="/wiki/GPS_IIR-1" title="GPS IIR-1">GPS IIR-1</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-data_sheet_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 1990s, Delta II was developed further into the unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Delta_III" title="Delta III">Delta III</a>, which was in turn developed into the more capable and successful <a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta IV</a>, though the latter shares little heritage with the original Thor and Delta rockets. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delta_rocket_evolution.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Delta_rocket_evolution.png/320px-Delta_rocket_evolution.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Delta_rocket_evolution.png/480px-Delta_rocket_evolution.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Delta_rocket_evolution.png/640px-Delta_rocket_evolution.png 2x" data-file-width="749" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Evolution of the modern Delta rockets</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 1980s, all United States <a href="/wiki/Expendable_launch_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Expendable launch vehicles">expendable launch vehicles</a> were planned to be phased out in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a>, which would be responsible for all government and commercial launches. Production of Delta, <a href="/wiki/Atlas-Centaur" title="Atlas-Centaur">Atlas-Centaur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Titan_34D" title="Titan 34D">Titan 34D</a> had ended.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster" title="Space Shuttle Challenger disaster"><i>Challenger</i> disaster</a> of 1986 and the subsequent halt of Shuttle operations changed this policy, and President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> announced in December 1986 that the Space Shuttle would no longer launch commercial payloads, and <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> would seek to purchase launches on expendable vehicles for missions that did not require crew or Shuttle support.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell Douglas, at that time the manufacturer of the Delta family, signed a contract with the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> in 1987 to provide seven Delta II. These were intended to launch a series of <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">Global Positioning System</a> (GPS) <a href="/wiki/GPS_satellite_blocks" title="GPS satellite blocks">Block II</a> satellites, which had previously been manifested for the Space Shuttle. The Air Force exercised additional contract options in 1988, expanding this order to 20 vehicles, and NASA purchased its first Delta II in 1990 for the launch of three Earth-observing satellites.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Delta II launch occurred on 14 February 1989, with a Delta 6925 boosting the first GPS Block II satellite (<a href="/wiki/USA-35" title="USA-35">USA-35</a>) from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17" title="Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17">Launch Complex 17A</a> (SLC-17A) at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a> into a 20,000 km (12,000 mi) high <a href="/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit" title="Medium Earth orbit">medium Earth orbit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Delta II 7000-series flew on 26 November 1990, replacing the <a href="/wiki/RS-27" title="RS-27">RS-27</a> engine of the 6000-series with the more powerful <a href="/wiki/RS-27A" class="mw-redirect" title="RS-27A">RS-27A</a> engine. Additionally, the steel-cased <a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor 4A</a> solid boosters of the 6000 series were replaced with the composite-cased <a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM 40</a>. All further Delta II launches except three were of this upgraded configuration, and the 6000-series was retired in 1992 with the last launch being on July 24.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell Douglas began <a href="/wiki/Delta_III" title="Delta III">Delta III</a> development in the mid-1990s as increasing satellite mass required more powerful launch vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Delta III, with its liquid hydrogen second stage and more powerful <a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM 46</a> boosters, could bring twice as much mass as Delta II to <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">geostationary transfer orbit</a>, but a string of two failures and one partial failure, along with the development of the much more powerful <a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta IV</a>, led to the cancellation of the Delta III program.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The upgraded boosters would still find use on the Delta II, leading to the Delta II Heavy. </p><p>On 28 March 2003, the Air Force Space Command began the process of deactivating the Delta II launch facilities and infrastructure at Cape Canaveral once the last of the second-generation GPS satellites were launched. However, in 2008, it instead announced that it would transfer all the Delta II facilities and infrastructure to NASA to support the launch of the <a href="/wiki/GRAIL" title="GRAIL">Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory</a> (GRAIL) in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 December 2006, with the launch of <a href="/wiki/USA-193" title="USA-193">USA-193</a>, was the first launch of the Delta II operated by <a href="/wiki/United_Launch_Alliance" title="United Launch Alliance">United Launch Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last GPS launch aboard a Delta II and the final launch from SLC-17A at Cape Canaveral occurred in 2009. The GRAIL Launch in 2011 marked the last Delta II Heavy launch and the last from Florida. The final five launches would all be from <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 July 2012, NASA selected the Delta II to support the <a href="/wiki/Orbiting_Carbon_Observatory" title="Orbiting Carbon Observatory">Orbiting Carbon Observatory</a> (OCO-2), <a href="/wiki/Soil_Moisture_Active_Passive" title="Soil Moisture Active Passive">Soil Moisture Active Passive</a> (SMAP), and <a href="/wiki/Joint_Polar_Satellite_System" title="Joint Polar Satellite System">Joint Polar Satellite System</a> (JPSS-1 – NOAA-20) missions. This marked the final purchase of Delta II. OCO-2 was launched on 2 July 2014, <a href="/wiki/Soil_Moisture_Active_Passive" title="Soil Moisture Active Passive">Soil Moisture Active Passive</a> (SMAP) was launched on 31 January 2015, and <a href="/wiki/NOAA-20" title="NOAA-20">JPSS-1</a> was launched on 18 November 2017. All three of these launches were placed into orbit from <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_2" title="Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2">SLC-2</a> at Vandenberg.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Delta II family launched 155 times. Its only unsuccessful launches were <a href="/wiki/Koreasat_1" title="Koreasat 1">Koreasat 1</a> in 1995, and <a href="/wiki/GPS_IIR-1" title="GPS IIR-1">GPS IIR-1</a> in 1997. The Koreasat 1 launch was a partial failure caused by one booster not separating from the first stage, which resulted in the satellite being placed in a lower-than-intended orbit. By using reserve fuel, it was able to achieve its proper <a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit" title="Geosynchronous orbit">geosynchronous orbit</a> and operated for 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GPS IIR-1 was a total loss as the Delta II exploded 13 seconds after launch. The explosion occurred when a damaged <a href="/wiki/Solid_rocket_booster" title="Solid rocket booster">solid rocket booster</a> casing ruptured and triggered the vehicle's flight termination system.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No one was injured, and the launch pad itself was not seriously impacted, though several cars were destroyed and a few buildings were damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, Delta II completed its 75th consecutive successful launch, surpassing the 74 consecutive successful launches of the <a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">Ariane 4</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the launch of <a href="/wiki/ICESat-2" title="ICESat-2">ICESat-2</a> in 2018, Delta II reached 100 consecutive successful launches. </p><p>During its career, Delta II achieved a peak launch rate of 12 launches in a single year, although its infrastructure was capable of supporting up to 15 launches per year.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While all completed Delta II rockets were launched, many flight-qualified spare parts remained in inventory. These spare parts were assembled, alongside a few structural simulators, to create a nearly complete Delta II for exhibition in its 7320-10C configuration. The rocket is displayed vertically at the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Visitor_Complex" title="Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex">Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex</a>, and bears its popular "shark teeth" livery on its fairing, which was painted on past Delta II rockets for the GPS launches.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vehicle_description">Vehicle description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Vehicle description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Foguete_Delta_II_7425_-_Corte_esquematico.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Foguete_Delta_II_7425_-_Corte_esquematico.jpg/270px-Foguete_Delta_II_7425_-_Corte_esquematico.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="429" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Foguete_Delta_II_7425_-_Corte_esquematico.jpg/405px-Foguete_Delta_II_7425_-_Corte_esquematico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Foguete_Delta_II_7425_-_Corte_esquematico.jpg/540px-Foguete_Delta_II_7425_-_Corte_esquematico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Delta II 7425 diagram</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delta_II_second_stage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Delta_II_second_stage.jpg/270px-Delta_II_second_stage.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="406" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Delta_II_second_stage.jpg/405px-Delta_II_second_stage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Delta_II_second_stage.jpg/540px-Delta_II_second_stage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a><figcaption>A Delta-K stage</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_stage">First stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first stage of the Delta II was propelled by a Rocketdyne <a href="/wiki/RS-27" title="RS-27">RS-27</a> or <a href="/wiki/RS-27A" class="mw-redirect" title="RS-27A">RS-27A</a> main engine burning <a href="/wiki/RP-1" title="RP-1">RP-1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liquid_oxygen" title="Liquid oxygen">liquid oxygen</a>. This stage was technically referred to as the "Extra-Extended Long Tank Thor", a derivative of the <a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">Thor</a> ballistic missile <sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as were all Delta rockets until the <a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta IV</a>. The RS-27 used on the 6000-series Delta II produced 915 kN (206,000 lbf) of thrust,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the upgraded RS-27A used by the 7000-series produced 1,054 kN (237,000 lbf).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stage was 26.1 meters (86 ft) long and 2.44 meters (8.0 ft) wide, had a mass of 101.8 tonnes (224,000 lb) when fueled, and burned for 260 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-data_sheet_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main engine, which could not throttle, provided pitch and yaw control for the vehicle during ascent using hydraulic gimballing. In addition, two <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rocketdyne_LR-101-NA-11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rocketdyne LR-101-NA-11 (page does not exist)">Rocketdyne LR-101-NA-11</a> vernier engines provided roll control for the first stage during ascent and continued firing after the main engine shut down to stabilize the vehicle before stage separation.<sup id="cite_ref-D2PG_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2PG-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two first-stage tanks were constructed from aluminum isogrid panels, providing high strength at a lower mass. Nitrogen gas was used to pressurize the tanks. These tanks were stretched a total of 148 inches (3.8 m) from those of the Extended Long Tank Thor that flew on older Delta rockets, providing more propellant. Between the two tanks was the "center body", where first-stage avionics and communications equipment were housed. The solid rocket booster attachment points were located on the outside of the liquid oxygen tank and the aft skirt, the latter of which also contained a <a href="/wiki/Gyroscope" title="Gyroscope">gyroscope</a> for vehicle stability.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solid_rocket_boosters">Solid rocket boosters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Solid rocket boosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For additional thrust during launch, the Delta II used solid boosters. For the 6000-series, Delta II used Castor 4A boosters (sometimes stylized as "Castor IVA"), while the 7000-series used GEM 40 <a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">Graphite-Epoxy Motors</a> manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Alliant_Techsystems" title="Alliant Techsystems">Alliant Techsystems</a> (ATK). Like its predecessors, the Delta II 6000-series was only offered in nine-booster configurations. However, with the arrival of the 7000-series, variants with three and four boosters were introduced to allow Delta II to fly small payloads for cheaper.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When three or four boosters were used, all ignited on the ground at launch, while models that used nine boosters would ignite six on the ground, then the remaining three would ignite in flight after the burnout and jettison of the first six.<sup id="cite_ref-data_sheet_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Castor 4A boosters were an improvement over the Castor 4 motors flown on the earlier <a href="/wiki/Delta_3000" title="Delta 3000">Delta 3000</a> rocket, replacing the propellant with more modern <a href="/wiki/Hydroxyl-terminated_polybutadiene" title="Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene">HTPB</a>-based propellant and providing an 11% increase in performance.<sup id="cite_ref-Castor4A_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castor4A-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GEM 40 boosters on the 7000 series further improved Delta II's performance by each featuring 2.5 tonnes (5,500 lb) of extra propellant than the Castor 4A thanks to a lengthening of 3 meters (9.8 ft). In addition, the GEM boosters also boasted a lower dry mass than the Castors due to the former's carbon composite construction.<sup id="cite_ref-gem40_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gem40-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, the Delta II Heavy debuted, featuring larger GEM 46 motors from the abandoned <a href="/wiki/Delta_III" title="Delta III">Delta III</a> program. These new motors allowed the vehicle to carry over 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of extra payload into low-Earth orbit. Only Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B was capable of flying the Heavy configuration, as it was previously reinforced to handle the Delta III.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Castor motor nozzles were angled 11° from vertical to aim their thrust into the vehicle's center of gravity, while the GEM motors had a slightly lower 10° tilt.<sup id="cite_ref-Castor4A_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Castor4A-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the nine-engine configuration, the three air-lit motors featured longer nozzles to allow the boosters to perform better in the upper atmosphere.<sup id="cite_ref-D2PG_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2PG-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All solid motors that flew on the Delta II featured fixed nozzles, meaning the first stage was solely responsible for vehicle control during the initial portions of the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delta-K_second_stage">Delta-K second stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Delta-K second stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second stage of Delta II was the <a href="/wiki/Delta-K" title="Delta-K">Delta-K</a>, powered by a restartable (up to six restarts) <a href="/wiki/Aerojet" title="Aerojet">Aerojet</a> <a href="/wiki/AJ10" title="AJ10">AJ10</a>-118K engine burning <a href="/wiki/Hypergolic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypergolic">hypergolic</a> <a href="/wiki/Aerozine-50" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerozine-50">Aerozine-50</a> and <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1123817410">.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output sub.template-chem2-sub{font-size:80%;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output sup.template-chem2-sup{font-size:80%;vertical-align:0.65em}</style><span class="chemf nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dinitrogen_tetroxide" title="Dinitrogen tetroxide">N<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>O<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub></a></span>. These propellants are highly toxic and corrosive, and once loaded the launch had to occur within approximately 37 days or the stage would have to be refurbished or replaced.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This stage also contained a combined <a href="/wiki/Inertial_platform" title="Inertial platform">inertial platform</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guidance_system" title="Guidance system">guidance system</a> that controlled all flight events.<sup id="cite_ref-data_sheet_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data_sheet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Delta-K consisted of stainless steel tanks and a lightweight aluminum structure. The tanks were pressurized with helium gas, and the stage featured nitrogen thrusters for roll control during burns and for complete attitude control during coasts. The stage had a mass of 950 kg (2,090 lb) when empty, and 6,954 kg (15,331 lb) when fully fueled.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_stage">Third stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Third stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For low Earth orbit missions, Delta II was not equipped with a third stage. Payloads bound for higher energy orbits such as <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_transfer_orbit" title="Geostationary transfer orbit">GTO</a> or to reach Earth escape velocity for <a href="/wiki/Trans-Mars_injection" class="mw-redirect" title="Trans-Mars injection">trans-Mars injection</a> or other destinations beyond Earth used an <a href="/wiki/HTPB" class="mw-redirect" title="HTPB">HTPB</a> solid propellant third stage, situated inside the fairing during launch. This stage was <a href="/wiki/Spin-stabilized" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin-stabilized">spin-stabilized</a> and depended on the second stage for proper orientation prior to stage separation, but was sometimes equipped with a hydrazine nutation control system to maintain proper spin axis.<sup id="cite_ref-D2PG_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2PG-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third stage would be spun up using small rocket motors and then released by the second stage to perform its burn. The third stage also included a yo-weight system to induce tumbling in the stage after payload separation to prevent recontact, or a <a href="/wiki/Yo-yo_de-spin" title="Yo-yo de-spin">yo-yo de-spin</a> mechanism to slow the rotation before payload release.<sup id="cite_ref-D2PG_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D2PG-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stage would also contain an S-band transmitter, batteries, and a sequencer to command the stage events. </p><p>Two third-stage options were available, both consisting of a single solid rocket motor. The most common by far was the Star 48, flying on over 70 missions. The Star 48, also referred to as the Payload Assist Module-Delta (PAM-D), was the more powerful of the two options, producing an average thrust of 66.4 kN (14,900 lb<sub>f</sub>) during its 87.1-second burn. The stage would end up flying primarily on the more powerful Delta variants and never flew on a three-booster configuration. </p><p>The other third-stage option was the Star 37FM. This stage flew four times, and only on three- and four-booster configurations of Delta. The Star 37FM produced 45.8 kN (10,300 lb<sub>f</sub>) of thrust during its 66.4-second burn.<sup id="cite_ref-Guide_5-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naming_system">Naming system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Naming system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Delta II family used a four-digit system to generate its technical names:<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <b>first digit</b> was either 6 or 7, denoting the 6000- or 7000-series Delta;</li> <li>The <b>second digit</b> indicated the number of boosters. Most Delta II rockets flew with 9 boosters, but some flew with 3 or 4;</li> <li>The <b>third digit</b> was always 2, denoting a second stage with an Aerojet AJ10 engine. Only Deltas prior to the 6000-series used a different engine, the <a href="/wiki/TR-201" title="TR-201">TR-201</a>;</li> <li>The <b>last digit</b> denoted the third stage. 0 denoted no third stage, 5 indicated a <a href="/wiki/Payload_Assist_Module" title="Payload Assist Module">Payload Assist Module</a> (PAM) stage with Star 48B solid motor, and 6 indicated a Star 37FM motor;</li> <li>An <b>H</b> following the four digits denoted that the vehicle used the larger Delta III GEM 46 boosters. The Heavy variant could be launched only from Cape Canaveral (as Vandenberg's pad wasn't modified to handle the larger SRBs) and was retired with the closure of that launch site in 2011;<sup id="cite_ref-nsfoco_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsfoco-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Numbers and letters following those indicate the type of fairing. -9.5 means that the vehicle had a 9.5 ft (2.9 m) diameter fairing, -10 means an aluminum 10 ft (3.0 m) diameter fairing, -10C means a composite 10 ft (3.0 m) diameter fairing, and -10L indicates a lengthened 10 ft (3.0 m) diameter composite fairing. In some early Delta II flights, an 8-foot diameter fairing (from older Delta rockets) was flown, and those vehicles had a -8 designation.</li></ul> <p>For example, a Delta 7925H-10L used an RS-27A, nine GEM 46 boosters, a PAM third stage, and a lengthened 10 ft (3.0 m) diameter fairing. A Delta 6320–9.5 is a two-stage vehicle with an RS-27 first-stage engine, three Castor 4A boosters, a 9.5 ft (2.9 m) diameter fairing, and no third stage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Launch_profile">Launch profile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Launch profile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">Launch vehicle</a> build-up</dt> <dd>A Delta II launch vehicle was assembled vertically on the launch pad. Assembly started by hoisting the first stage into position. The solid rocket boosters were then hoisted into position and mated with the first stage. Launch vehicle build-up then continued with the second stage being hoisted atop the first stage.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Fueling</dt> <dd>It took approximately 20 minutes to load the first stage with 37,900 L (10,000 U.S. gal) of fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dd>At T-45 minutes, fueling completion was confirmed. At T-20 minutes, the FTS pyros were armed. At T-20 minutes and T-4 minutes, two built-in holds occurred. During these holds, final launch checkouts were performed. At T-11 seconds SRB igniters were armed. Ignition of the main engine was at T-0.4 seconds. The ascent profile varies between missions.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>SRB staging</dt> <dd>If 9 solid rocket boosters were used, only six were ignited at launch. After about a minute, once the first six were depleted, three air-start motors would ignite for another minute and the ground-start motors would separate.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The air-start motors had nozzles optimized for high-altitude as they operated mostly in a near-vacuum during the flight.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>If only 3 or 4 boosters were used, all were ignited on the ground and jettisoned at the same time.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Delta_II_launches">Delta II launches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Delta II launches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Delta_II_launches" title="List of Delta II launches">List of Delta II launches</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lancement_Spirit_fusee_Delta_IIs_10062003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Lancement_Spirit_fusee_Delta_IIs_10062003.jpg/270px-Lancement_Spirit_fusee_Delta_IIs_10062003.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="406" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Lancement_Spirit_fusee_Delta_IIs_10062003.jpg/405px-Lancement_Spirit_fusee_Delta_IIs_10062003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Lancement_Spirit_fusee_Delta_IIs_10062003.jpg/540px-Lancement_Spirit_fusee_Delta_IIs_10062003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1995" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Delta II lifting off with MER-A on 10 June 2003</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mer-b-final-launch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mer-b-final-launch.jpg/270px-Mer-b-final-launch.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mer-b-final-launch.jpg/405px-Mer-b-final-launch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mer-b-final-launch.jpg/540px-Mer-b-final-launch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2023" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Delta II Heavy (7925H-9.5) lifting off from pad 17-B carrying <a href="/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)" title="Opportunity (rover)">MER-B</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_payloads">Notable payloads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable payloads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Earth-orbiting </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescope" title="Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope">GLAST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravity_Probe_B" title="Gravity Probe B">Gravity Probe B</a></li> <li>24 GPS satellites</li> <li>60 <a href="/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation" title="Iridium satellite constellation">Iridium</a> satellites</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ICESat-2" title="ICESat-2">ICESat-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope" title="Kepler space telescope">Kepler space telescope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSTM/Jason-2" title="OSTM/Jason-2">OSTM/Jason-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radarsat-1" title="Radarsat-1">Radarsat-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ELFIN" title="ELFIN">ELFIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polar_(satellite)" title="Polar (satellite)">Polar (satellite)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROSAT" title="ROSAT">ROSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitzer_Space_Telescope" title="Spitzer Space Telescope">Spitzer Space Telescope (SIRTF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA_205" class="mw-redirect" title="USA 205">STSS-ATRR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swift_Gamma-Ray_Burst_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/THEMIS" title="THEMIS">THEMIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA_193" class="mw-redirect" title="USA 193">USA 193 (NROL-21)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIND_(spacecraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="WIND (spacecraft)">WIND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer" title="Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer">WISE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe" title="Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe">WMAP</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Extra-planetary </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Mars_Odyssey" title="2001 Mars Odyssey">2001 Mars Odyssey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONTOUR" title="CONTOUR">CONTOUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_(spacecraft)" title="Dawn (spacecraft)">Dawn</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)" title="Deep Impact (spacecraft)">Deep Impact</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_1" title="Deep Space 1">Deep Space 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)" title="Genesis (spacecraft)">Genesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRAIL" title="GRAIL">GRAIL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter" title="Mars Climate Orbiter">Mars Climate Orbiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Global_Surveyor" title="Mars Global Surveyor">Mars Global Surveyor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder" title="Mars Pathfinder">Mars Pathfinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft)" title="Phoenix (spacecraft)">Mars Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Polar_Lander" title="Mars Polar Lander">Mars Polar Lander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MESSENGER" title="MESSENGER">MESSENGER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/STEREO" title="STEREO">STEREO</a></li></ul> </div> <p>The last Delta II launch was the <a href="/wiki/ICESat-2" title="ICESat-2">ICESat-2</a> satellite in September 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-nsfoco_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nsfoco-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, ULA indicated that it had "around half a dozen" unsold Delta II rockets on hand,<sup id="cite_ref-until2015_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-until2015-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ULA CEO <a href="/wiki/Tory_Bruno" title="Tory Bruno">Tory Bruno</a> stated in October 2017 that there are no complete, unbooked Delta II rockets left in the ULA inventory; and though there are leftover Delta II parts, there are not enough to build another launch vehicle.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final Delta II rocket, made of these leftover parts alongside some simulated parts, is located at the <a href="/wiki/Rocket_garden" title="Rocket garden">Kennedy Space Center rocket garden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparable_rockets">Comparable rockets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Comparable rockets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">Ariane 4</a> (retired)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle">GSLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_4B" title="Long March 4B">Long March 4B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle">PSLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket_family)" title="Soyuz (rocket family)">Soyuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon-3" title="Tsyklon-3">Tsyklon-3</a> (retired)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" title="Vega (rocket)">Vega</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Space_debris">Space debris</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Space debris"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The only person on record ever hit by space debris was hit by a piece of a Delta II rocket. Lottie Williams was exercising in a park in Tulsa on 22 January 1997 when she was hit in the shoulder by a 15-centimeter (6 in) piece of blackened metallic material. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">U.S. Space Command</a> confirmed that a used Delta II rocket from the April 1996 launch of the <a href="/wiki/Midcourse_Space_Experiment" title="Midcourse Space Experiment">Midcourse Space Experiment</a> had crashed into the atmosphere 30 minutes earlier. The object tapped her on the shoulder and fell off harmlessly onto the ground. Williams collected the item and NASA tests later showed that the fragment was consistent with the materials of the rocket, and Nicholas Johnson, the agency's chief scientist for orbital debris, believes that she was indeed hit by a piece of the rocket.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Delta rockets have been involved in multiple fragmentation events as they were routinely left in orbit with enough fuel to explode. A large amount of current "space junk" is Delta rocket debris.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_II&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launchers_families" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of orbital launchers families">Comparison of orbital launchers families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launch_systems" title="Comparison of orbital launch systems">Comparison of orbital launch systems</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_V" title="Atlas V">Atlas V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Centaur" title="Vulcan Centaur">Vulcan Centaur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retired</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV#Delta_IV_Medium" title="Delta IV">Delta IV Medium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV_Heavy" title="Delta IV Heavy">Delta IV Heavy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rocket stages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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Complex 41">Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_3" title="Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3">Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3E</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Cape Canaveral: <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17" title="Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17">SLC-17A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17" title="Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17">SLC-17B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_37" title="Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 37">SLC-37</a></li> <li>Vandenberg: <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base_Space_Launch_Complex_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2">SLC-2W</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base_Space_Launch_Complex_6" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 6">SLC-6</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tory_Bruno" title="Tory Bruno">Tory Bruno</a> (CEO)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(rocket_family)" title="Atlas (rocket family)">Atlas (rocket family)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Starliner" title="Boeing Starliner">Boeing Starliner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Commercial Crew Development">Commercial Crew Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta (rocket family)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_Chaser" title="Dream Chaser">Dream Chaser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Space_Launch" title="National Security Space Launch">National Security Space Launch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrobotic_Technology#Peregrine_lander" title="Astrobotic Technology"><i>Peregrine</i> lander</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:6em">Thor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">Thor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Able" title="Thor-Able">Thor-Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">Thor-Ablestar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Thor-Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">Thor-Burner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Delta" title="Thor-Delta">Thor-Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_DSV-2" title="Thor DSV-2">Thor DSV-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_DSV-2U" title="Thor DSV-2U">Thor DSV-2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">Thorad-Agena</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Delta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Alphabetical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_A" title="Delta A">Delta A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_B" title="Delta B">Delta B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_C" title="Delta C">Delta C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_D" title="Delta D">Delta D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_E" title="Delta E">Delta E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)#Delta_F" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_G" title="Delta G">Delta G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_J" title="Delta J">Delta J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_L" title="Delta L">Delta L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_M" title="Delta M">Delta M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_N" title="Delta N">Delta N</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Numerical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_0100" title="Delta 0100">Delta 0100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_1000" title="Delta 1000">Delta 1000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_2000" title="Delta 2000">Delta 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_3000" title="Delta 3000">Delta 3000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_4000" title="Delta 4000">Delta 4000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_5000" title="Delta 5000">Delta 5000</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delta 6000</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delta 7000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_III" title="Delta III">Delta 8000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta 9000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Delta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_III" title="Delta III">Delta III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">Delta IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV_Heavy" title="Delta IV Heavy">Delta IV Heavy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Export</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N-I_(rocket)" title="N-I (rocket)">N-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-II_(rocket)" title="N-II (rocket)">N-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-I" title="H-I">H-I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Delta_II_Dawn_liftoff_1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Delta_II_Dawn_liftoff_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Delta_II_Dawn_liftoff_1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="354" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Delta_II_Dawn_liftoff_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Delta_II_Dawn_liftoff_1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Delta_II_Dawn_liftoff_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Delta_II_Dawn_liftoff_1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="1604" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Launch sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station">Canaveral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17">(S)LC-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_18" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 18">LC-18B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_37" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37">SLC-37B</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnston_Atoll_Launch_Emplacement_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnston Atoll Launch Emplacement 1 (page does not exist)">LE-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johnston_Atoll_Launch_Emplacement_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnston Atoll Launch Emplacement 2 (page does not exist)">LE-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Tanegashima_Space_Center" title="Tanegashima Space Center">Tanegashima</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osaki_Launch_Complex" title="Osaki Launch Complex">Osaki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg Air Force Base">Vandenberg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 1">SLC-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2">SLC-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3">SLC-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_6" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6">SLC-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 10">SLC-10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bardney" title="RAF Bardney">Bardney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breighton_Aerodrome" title="Breighton Aerodrome">Breighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Caistor" title="RAF Caistor">Caistor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Carnaby" title="RAF Carnaby">Carnaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Catfoss" title="RAF Catfoss">Catfoss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Coleby_Grange" title="RAF Coleby Grange">Coleby Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Driffield" title="RAF Driffield">Driffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Feltwell" title="RAF Feltwell">Feltwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">Folkingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Full_Sutton" title="RAF Full Sutton">Full Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Harrington" title="RAF Harrington">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hemswell" title="RAF Hemswell">Hemswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ludford_Magna" title="RAF Ludford Magna">Ludford Magna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Melton_Mowbray" title="RAF Melton Mowbray">Melton Mowbray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Mepal" title="RAF Mepal">Mepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Luffenham" title="RAF North Luffenham">North Luffenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Pickenham" title="RAF North Pickenham">North Pickenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Polebrook" title="RAF Polebrook">Polebrook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Shepherds_Grove" title="RAF Shepherds Grove">Shepherds Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tuddenham" title="RAF Tuddenham">Tuddenham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Boosters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castor_(rocket_stage)" title="Castor (rocket stage)">Castor-4A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Booster_Core" title="Common Booster Core">CBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphite-Epoxy_Motor" title="Graphite-Epoxy Motor">GEM-60</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">First stages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_Booster_Core" title="Common Booster Core">Common Booster Core</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Upper Stages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_(rocket_stage)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta (rocket stage) (page does not exist)">Delta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta-A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta-A (page does not exist)">Delta-A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta-D_(rocket_stage)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta-D (rocket stage) (page does not exist)">Delta-D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta-E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta-E (page does not exist)">Delta-E</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta-F_(rocket_stage)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta-F (rocket stage) (page does not exist)">Delta-F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta-K" title="Delta-K">Delta-K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta-P" title="Delta-P">Delta-P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Cryogenic_Second_Stage" title="Delta Cryogenic Second Stage">DCSS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Able_(rocket_stage)" title="Able (rocket stage)">Able</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ablestar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ablestar (page does not exist)">Ablestar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM-81_Agena" title="RM-81 Agena">Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altair_(rocket_stage)" title="Altair (rocket stage)">Altair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burner_(rocket_stage)" title="Burner (rocket stage)">Burner</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FW-4D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FW-4D (page does not exist)">FW-4D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IABS" class="mw-redirect" title="IABS">IABS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payload_Assist_Module" title="Payload Assist Module">PAM-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_(rocket_stage)" title="Star (rocket stage)">Star</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=UM-129&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UM-129 (page does not exist)">UM-129</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Engines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AJ10" title="AJ10">AJ10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Model_8048" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Model 8048">B-8048</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Model_8081" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Model 8081">B-8081</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Model_8096" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Model 8096">B-8096</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LE-5" title="LE-5">LE-5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=LR-79&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LR-79 (page does not exist)">LR-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-4D" title="R-4D">R-4D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RL10" title="RL10">RL10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-27" title="RS-27">RS-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-68" title="RS-68">RS-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TR-201" title="TR-201">TR-201</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Rocket</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Launch_Alliance" title="United Launch Alliance">United Launch Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Engines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerojet" title="Aerojet">Aerojet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliant_Techsystems" title="Alliant Techsystems">Alliant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocketdyne" title="Rocketdyne">Rocketdyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiokol" title="Thiokol">Thiokol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TRW_Inc." title="TRW Inc.">TRW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches" title="List of Thor and Delta launches">Launches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(1957%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (1957–1959)">1957–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Thor_and_Delta_launches_(2020%E2%80%932024)" title="List of Thor and Delta launches (2020–2024)">2020–2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Orbital_launch_systems" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible 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title="Ceres-1">Ceres</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceres-1_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceres-1 (rocket)">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceres-1_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceres-1 (rocket)">1S</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chollima-1" title="Chollima-1">Chollima-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Electron" title="Rocket Lab Electron">Electron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Block_5" title="Falcon 9 Block 5">Falcon 9 Block 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Heavy" title="Falcon Heavy">Falcon Heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Alpha" title="Firefly Alpha">Firefly Alpha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravity-1" title="Gravity-1">Gravity-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle">GSLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-IIA" title="H-IIA">H-IIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H3_(rocket)" title="H3 (rocket)">H3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperbola-1" title="Hyperbola-1">Hyperbola-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jielong_(rocket_family)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jielong (rocket family) (page does not exist)">Jielong</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jielong_1" title="Jielong 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jielong_3" title="Jielong 3">3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAIROS_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="KAIROS (rocket)">KAIROS</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaituozhe_(rocket_family)" title="Kaituozhe (rocket family)">Kaituozhe 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinetica_1" title="Kinetica 1">Kinetica 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou" title="Kuaizhou">Kuaizhou</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuaizhou 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou_1A" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuaizhou 1A">1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou_11" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuaizhou 11">11</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_(rocket_family)" title="Long March (rocket family)">Long March</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2C" title="Long March 2C">2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2D" title="Long March 2D">2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2F" title="Long March 2F">2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3A" title="Long March 3A">3A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">3B/E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3C" title="Long March 3C">3C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_4B" title="Long March 4B">4B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_4C" title="Long March 4C">4C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_5" title="Long March 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_5B" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 5B">5B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_6" title="Long March 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_6A" title="Long March 6A">6A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_7" title="Long March 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_7A" class="mw-redirect" title="Long March 7A">7A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_8" title="Long March 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_11" title="Long March 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_11" title="Long March 11">11H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LVM3" title="LVM3">LVM3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_(rocket_family)" title="Minotaur (rocket family)">Minotaur</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_I" title="Minotaur I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_IV" title="Minotaur IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_V" title="Minotaur V">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-C" title="Minotaur-C">C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuri_(rocket)" title="Nuri (rocket)">Nuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OS-M1" class="mw-redirect" title="OS-M1">OS-M1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegasus (rocket)">Pegasus XL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proton-M" title="Proton-M">Proton-M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle">PSLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaem_100" title="Qaem 100">Qaem 100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qased_(rocket)" title="Qased (rocket)">Qased</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS1_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="RS1 (rocket)">RS1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavit_2" title="Shavit 2">Shavit 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simorgh_(rocket)" title="Simorgh (rocket)">Simorgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">SLS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-2" title="Soyuz-2">Soyuz-2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-2.1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Soyuz-2.1a">2.1a / STA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-2.1b" class="mw-redirect" title="Soyuz-2.1b">2.1b / STB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-2-1v" class="mw-redirect" title="Soyuz-2-1v">2-1v</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Small Satellite Launch Vehicle">SSLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Starship" title="SpaceX Starship">Starship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianlong-2" title="Tianlong-2">Tianlong-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unha" title="Unha">Unha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" title="Vega (rocket)">Vega</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vega_C" title="Vega C">C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Centaur" title="Vulcan Centaur">Vulcan Centaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LandSpace" title="LandSpace">Zhuque</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhuque-2" title="Zhuque-2">2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In development</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares 330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloostar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloostar">Bloostar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyclone-4M" title="Cyclone-4M">Cyclone-4M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstellar_Technologies#DECA_orbital_rocket" title="Interstellar Technologies">Deca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsilon_(rocket)#Epsilon_S" title="Epsilon (rocket)">Epsilon S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilmour_Space_Technologies#Eris_orbital_rocket" title="Gilmour Space Technologies">Eris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orienspace" title="Orienspace">Gravity-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperbola-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyperbola-2">Hyperbola-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irtysh_(rocket)" title="Irtysh (rocket)">Irtysh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou" title="Kuaizhou">Kuaizhou</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou_21" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuaizhou 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuaizhou_31" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuaizhou 31">31</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_(rocket_family)" title="Long March (rocket family)">Long March</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_9" title="Long March 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_10" title="Long March 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_12" title="Long March 12">12</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miura_5" title="Miura 5">Miura 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace#MLV" title="Firefly Aerospace">MLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Neutron" title="Rocket Lab Neutron">Neutron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Glenn" title="New Glenn">New Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Line_1" class="mw-redirect" title="New Line 1">New Line 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_Launch_Vehicle" title="Next Generation Launch Vehicle">NGLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Space_Nova" title="Stoke Space Nova">Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OneSpace#OS-M_series" title="OneSpace">OS-M</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OneSpace#OS-M_series" title="OneSpace">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OneSpace#OS-M_series" title="OneSpace">4</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbex#Prime" title="Orbex">Orbex Prime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallas-1" title="Pallas-1">Pallas-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BluShift_Aerospace#Red_Dwarf" title="BluShift Aerospace">Red Dwarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">SLS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-7_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soyuz-7 (rocket)">Soyuz-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terran_R" title="Terran R">Terran R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianlong-3" title="Tianlong-3">Tianlong-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VLM_(rocket)" title="VLM (rocket)">VLM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_E" class="mw-redirect" title="Vega E">Vega E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstellar_Technologies#ZERO_orbital_rocket" title="Interstellar Technologies">Zero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LandSpace" title="LandSpace">Zhuque</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LandSpace#Zhuque-3" title="LandSpace">3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuljanah_(rocket)" title="Zuljanah (rocket)">Zuljanah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retired</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">130</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">230+</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_(rocket_family)" title="Ariane (rocket family)">Ariane</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_1" title="Ariane 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_2" title="Ariane 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_3" title="Ariane 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_5" title="Ariane 5">5</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augmented_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle">ASLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_(rocket_family)" title="Athena (rocket family)">Athena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athena_I" title="Athena I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena_II" title="Athena II">II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(rocket_family)" title="Atlas (rocket family)">Atlas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SM-65B_Atlas" title="SM-65B Atlas">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65D_Atlas" title="SM-65D Atlas">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_E/F" title="Atlas E/F">E/F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_G" title="Atlas G">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_H" title="Atlas H">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_I" title="Atlas I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_II" title="Atlas II">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_III" title="Atlas III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_LV-3B" title="Atlas LV-3B">LV-3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_SLV-3" title="Atlas SLV-3">SLV-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Able" title="Atlas-Able">Able</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Agena" title="Atlas-Agena">Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Centaur" title="Atlas-Centaur">Centaur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Arrow" title="Black Arrow">Black Arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conestoga_(rocket)" title="Conestoga (rocket)">Conestoga</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_A" title="Delta A">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_B" title="Delta B">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_C" title="Delta C">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_D" title="Delta D">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_E" title="Delta E">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_G" title="Delta G">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_J" title="Delta J">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_L" title="Delta L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_M" title="Delta M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_N" title="Delta N">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_0100" title="Delta 0100">0100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_1000" title="Delta 1000">1000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_2000" title="Delta 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_3000" title="Delta 3000">3000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_4000" title="Delta 4000">4000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_5000" title="Delta 5000">5000</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_III" title="Delta III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV" title="Delta IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_IV_Heavy" title="Delta IV Heavy">IV Heavy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamant_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamant (rocket)">Diamant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnepr_(rocket)" title="Dnepr (rocket)">Dnepr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energia_(rocket)" title="Energia (rocket)">Energia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsilon_(rocket)" title="Epsilon (rocket)">Epsilon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(rocket)" title="Europa (rocket)">Europa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(rocket)" title="Europa (rocket)">I</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(rocket)" title="Europa (rocket)">II</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_1" title="Falcon 1">Falcon 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9" title="Falcon 9">Falcon 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.0" title="Falcon 9 v1.0">v1.0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_v1.1" title="Falcon 9 v1.1">v1.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Full_Thrust" title="Falcon 9 Full Thrust">v1.2 "Full Thrust"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feng_Bao_1" title="Feng Bao 1">Feng Bao 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle">GSLV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GSLV_Mk_I" class="mw-redirect" title="GSLV Mk I">Mk I</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-I" title="H-I">H-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-II" title="H-II">H-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H-IIB" title="H-IIB">H-IIB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_I" title="Juno I">Juno I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_II" title="Juno II">Juno II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaituozhe-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaituozhe-1">Kaituozhe-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_(rocket_family)" title="Kosmos (rocket family)">Kosmos</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_(rocket_family)" title="Kosmos (rocket family)">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-1" title="Kosmos-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-2I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosmos-2I">2/2I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-3" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosmos-3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos-3M" title="Kosmos-3M">3M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambda_(rocket_family)" title="Lambda (rocket family)">Lambda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lambda_4S" title="Lambda 4S">4S</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LauncherOne" title="LauncherOne">LauncherOne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_(rocket_family)" title="Long March (rocket family)">Long March</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_1" title="Long March 1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_1D" title="Long March 1D">1D</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2A" title="Long March 2A">2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_2E" title="Long March 2E">2E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3" title="Long March 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_3B" title="Long March 3B">3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_March_4A" title="Long March 4A">4A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu_(rocket_family)" title="Mu (rocket family)">Mu</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M-4S" class="mw-redirect" title="M-4S">4S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3C" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3C">3C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3H" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3H">3H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3S" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3S">3S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-3SII" class="mw-redirect" title="M-3SII">3SII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-V" title="M-V">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N1_(rocket)" title="N1 (rocket)">N1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-I_(rocket)" title="N-I (rocket)">N-I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-II_(rocket)" title="N-II (rocket)">N-II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naro-1" title="Naro-1">Naro-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paektusan_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paektusan (rocket)">Paektusan</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOTS-EV-1_Pilot" title="NOTS-EV-1 Pilot">Pilot-2</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-7_(rocket_family)" title="R-7 (rocket family)">R-7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luna_(rocket)" title="Luna (rocket)">Luna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molniya_(rocket)" title="Molniya (rocket)">Molniya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Molniya-M" title="Molniya-M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molniya-L" class="mw-redirect" title="Molniya-L">L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polyot_(rocket)" title="Polyot (rocket)">Polyot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket_family)" title="Soyuz (rocket family)">Soyuz</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket)" title="Soyuz (rocket)">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-FG" title="Soyuz-FG">FG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-L" title="Soyuz-L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-M" title="Soyuz-M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-U" title="Soyuz-U">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-U2" title="Soyuz-U2">U2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soyuz/Vostok" title="Soyuz/Vostok">Soyuz/Vostok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sputnik_(rocket)" title="Sputnik (rocket)">Sputnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voskhod_(rocket)" title="Voskhod (rocket)">Voskhod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok_(rocket_family)" title="Vostok (rocket family)">Vostok</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-L" title="Vostok-L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-K" title="Vostok-K">K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-2_(rocket)" title="Vostok-2 (rocket)">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vostok-2M" title="Vostok-2M">2M</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-29_Vysota" title="R-29 Vysota">R-29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shtil%27" title="Shtil'">Shtil'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volna" title="Volna">Volna</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_Rocket" title="Astra Rocket">Rocket 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">Safir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safir_(rocket)" title="Safir (rocket)">1B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_(rocket_family)" title="Saturn (rocket family)">Saturn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_I" title="Saturn I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_IB" title="Saturn IB">IB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturn_V" title="Saturn V">V</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_(rocket_family)" title="Scout (rocket family)">Scout</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-1" title="Scout X-1">X-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RM-90_Blue_Scout_II" title="RM-90 Blue Scout II">Blue Scout II</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-2" title="Scout X-2">X-2</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-2M" title="Scout X-2M">X-2M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_X-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout X-3 (page does not exist)">X-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_X-3M&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout X-3M (page does not exist)">X-3M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_X-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout X-4 (page does not exist)">X-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_X-2B" title="Scout X-2B">X-2B</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_B" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout B">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_A" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout A">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_B-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout B-1">B-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_D-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout D-1">D-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_A-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout A-1">A-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scout_E-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scout E-1 (page does not exist)">E-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_F-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout F-1">F-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_G-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout G-1">G-1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavit_2" title="Shavit 2">Shavit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shavit_2" title="Shavit 2">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shavit_2" title="Shavit 2">1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Launch_Vehicle" title="Satellite Launch Vehicle">SLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPARK_(rocket)" title="SPARK (rocket)">SPARK</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta_(rocket)" title="Sparta (rocket)">Sparta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS-520#SS-520-4" class="mw-redirect" title="SS-520">SS-520</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Start-1" title="Start-1">Start-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terran_1" title="Terran 1">Terran 1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_(rocket_family)" title="Thor (rocket family)">Thor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Able" title="Thor-Able">Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">Ablestar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Ablestar" title="Thor-Ablestar">2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">Agena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Agena" title="Thor-Agena">D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">Burner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Burner" title="Thor-Burner">2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor-Delta" title="Thor-Delta">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_DSV-2U" title="Thor DSV-2U">DSV-2U</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">Thorad-Agena</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">SLV-2G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorad-Agena" title="Thorad-Agena">SLV-2H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family)" title="Titan (rocket family)">Titan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Titan_II_GLV" title="Titan II GLV">II GLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIA" title="Titan IIIA">IIIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIB" title="Titan IIIB">IIIB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIC" title="Titan IIIC">IIIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIID" title="Titan IIID">IIID</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IIIE" title="Titan IIIE">IIIE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_34D" title="Titan 34D">34D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_23G" title="Titan 23G">23G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commercial_Titan_III" title="Commercial Titan III">CT-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_IV" title="Titan IV">IV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon" title="Tsyklon">Tsyklon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R-36_(missile)" title="R-36 (missile)">R-36-O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon" title="Tsyklon">original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon-2" title="Tsyklon-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsyklon-3" title="Tsyklon-3">3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Rocket" title="Universal Rocket">Universal Rocket</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proton_(rocket_family)" title="Proton (rocket family)">UR-500 Proton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proton-K" title="Proton-K">Proton-K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokot" title="Rokot">Rokot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strela_(rocket)" title="Strela (rocket)">Strela</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_(rocket)" title="Vanguard (rocket)">Vanguard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" title="Vega (rocket)">Vega</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" title="Vega (rocket)">original</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VLS-1" title="VLS-1">VLS-1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit_(rocket_family)" title="Zenit (rocket family)">Zenit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-2" title="Zenit-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-2M" title="Zenit-2M">2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-2M" title="Zenit-2M">2FG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-3SL" title="Zenit-3SL">3SL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-3SLB" title="Zenit-3SLB">3SLB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenit-3F" title="Zenit-3F">3F</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LandSpace" title="LandSpace">Zhuque</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhuque-1" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhuque-1">1</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Classes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sounding_rocket" title="Sounding rocket">Sounding rocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Small-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Small-lift launch vehicle">Small-lift launch vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Medium-lift launch vehicle">Medium-lift launch vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Heavy-lift launch vehicle">Heavy-lift launch vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_heavy-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Super heavy-lift launch vehicle">Super heavy-lift launch vehicle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future</li> <li>Symbol <sup>†</sup> indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Orbital_launch_systems_developed_in_the_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_launch_systems" title="Template:US launch systems"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_launch_systems" title="Template talk:US launch systems"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_launch_systems" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US launch systems"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Orbital_launch_systems_developed_in_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Orbit" title="Orbit">Orbital</a> <a href="/wiki/Launch_vehicle" title="Launch vehicle">launch systems</a> developed in the United States</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_V" title="Atlas V">Atlas V</a>**<sup>††</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Electron" title="Rocket Lab Electron">Electron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_9_Block_5" title="Falcon 9 Block 5">Falcon 9 Block 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Heavy" title="Falcon Heavy">Falcon Heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Alpha" title="Firefly Alpha">Firefly Alpha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_(rocket_family)" title="Minotaur (rocket family)">Minotaur</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_I" title="Minotaur I">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_IV" title="Minotaur IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur_V" title="Minotaur V">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-C" title="Minotaur-C">C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegasus (rocket)">Pegasus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus_XL" class="mw-redirect" title="Pegasus XL">XL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS1_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="RS1 (rocket)">RS1</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">SLS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Centaur" title="Vulcan Centaur">Vulcan Centaur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In development</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antares_(rocket)" title="Antares (rocket)">Antares 330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phantom_Space_Corporation#Daytona_I" title="Phantom Space Corporation">Daytona I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace#MLV" title="Firefly Aerospace">MLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Glenn" title="New Glenn">New Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutron_(rocket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron (rocket)">Neutron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Space_Nova" title="Stoke Space Nova">Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BluShift_Aerospace#Red_Dwarf" title="BluShift Aerospace">Red Dwarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System">SLS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Launch_System#Block_variants" title="Space Launch System">Block 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpaceX_Starship" title="SpaceX Starship">Starship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terran_R" title="Terran R">Terran R</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retired</th><td 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III">III</a>**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_LV-3B" title="Atlas LV-3B">LV-3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_SLV-3" title="Atlas SLV-3">SLV-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Able" title="Atlas-Able">Able</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Agena" title="Atlas-Agena">Agena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlas-Centaur" title="Atlas-Centaur">Centaur</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conestoga_(rocket)" title="Conestoga (rocket)">Conestoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family)" title="Delta (rocket family)">Delta</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delta_A" title="Delta A">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_B" title="Delta B">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_C" title="Delta C">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_D" title="Delta D">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_E" title="Delta E">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_G" title="Delta G">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_J" title="Delta J">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_L" title="Delta L">L</a></li> <li><a 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/>systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="C2" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">C2</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_and_Space_Operations_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Air and Space Operations Center">AN/USQ-163 Falconer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distributed_Common_Ground_System" title="Distributed Common Ground System">AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; 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III">GBU-27 Paveway III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GBU-28" title="GBU-28">GBU-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition" title="Joint Direct Attack Munition">GBU-31, GB-32, GB-38 JDAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GBU-39_Small_Diameter_Bomb" title="GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb">GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GBU-44/B_Viper_Strike" title="GBU-44/B Viper Strike">GBU-44/B Viper Strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GBU-53/B" class="mw-redirect" title="GBU-53/B">GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition" title="Joint Direct Attack Munition">GBU-54 Laser JDAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GBU-72" title="GBU-72">GBU-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBU-87_Combined_Effects_Munition" title="CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition">CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GATOR_mine_system" title="GATOR mine system">CBU-89 Gator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBU-97_Sensor_Fuzed_Weapon" title="CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon">CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BLU-109_bomb" title="BLU-109 bomb">BLU-109 bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BLU-116" title="BLU-116">BLU-116 Bunker Buster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb" title="B61 nuclear bomb">B61 nuclear bomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B83_nuclear_bomb" title="B83 nuclear bomb">B83 nuclear bomb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Gun</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger" title="GAU-8 Avenger">GAU-8 Avenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M61_Vulcan" title="M61 Vulcan">M61 Vulcan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAU-12_Equalizer" title="GAU-12 Equalizer">GAU-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAU-13" title="GAU-13">GAU-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAU-19" title="GAU-19">GAU-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M240_machine_gun" title="M240 machine gun">M240</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">L/60 Bofors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M102_howitzer" title="M102 howitzer">M102 howitzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mk44_Bushmaster_II" title="Mk44 Bushmaster II">GAU-23/A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2 Browning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M134_Minigun" title="M134 Minigun">M134 Minigun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Missile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">AIM-7 Sparrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30G Minuteman III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(missile)" title="Harpoon (missile)">AGM-84 Harpoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84E_Standoff_Land_Attack_Missile" title="AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile">AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84H/K_SLAM-ER" title="AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER">AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">AGM-86 ALCM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-114_Hellfire" title="AGM-114 Hellfire">AGM-114 Hellfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-130" title="AGM-130">AGM-130 Powered Standoff Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon" title="AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon">AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-158_JASSM" title="AGM-158 JASSM">AGM-158 JASSM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-176_Griffin" title="AGM-176 Griffin">AGM-176 Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuni_(rocket)" title="Zuni (rocket)">Zuni rocket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Target</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Firebee" title="Ryan Firebee">BQM-34 Firebee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Composite_Engineering_BQM-167_Skeeter" title="Composite Engineering BQM-167 Skeeter">BQM-167 Subscale Aerial Target</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_MQM-107_Streaker" title="Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker">MQM-107 Streaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon#QF-16" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">QF-16 Aerial Target</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Small arms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Service_pistol" title="Service pistol">Sidearm</a>/<a href="/wiki/Personal_defense_weapon" title="Personal defense weapon">PDW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SIG_Sauer_P226" title="SIG Sauer P226">M11 Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beretta_M9" title="Beretta M9">M9 Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIG_Sauer_M17" title="SIG Sauer M17">M17 Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_MP5" title="Heckler & Koch MP5">MP5 submachine gun</a></li> <li>USAF Pilot's Survival Knife</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">Rifle</a>/<a href="/wiki/Carbine" title="Carbine">carbine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;line-height:150%"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CAR-15#GUU-5/P" title="CAR-15">GUU-5/P Carbine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_carbine" title="M4 carbine">M4 carbine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14 Stand-off Munitions Disruptor (SMUD)</a></li> <li><a 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