Delta II

Overview

A highly reliable medium-lift workhorse that launched GPS satellites and many NASA planetary missions, including the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity and the Kepler telescope.

Components & hardware

Knowledge connections

• Member of familyDelta
• Operated byUnited Launch Alliance
• Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 17
• LaunchedStardust
• LaunchedNEAR Shoemaker
• LaunchedDeep Space 1
• LaunchedDeep Impact
• LaunchedDawn

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• ULAUnited Launch Alliance

  Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan Centaur — manufacturer specifications and mission data.