Launch vehicle · United Launch Alliance
Delta II
RocketsMedium-lift
Imagery
Delta II Second stage lift and mate
On Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II second stage is being lowered toward the Delta II first stage, already in place inside the mobile service tower.
2007
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
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
Family
Launch pads
Knowledge connections
- Member of familyDelta
- Operated byUnited Launch Alliance
- Launched fromSpace Launch Complex 17
- LaunchedStardust
- LaunchedNEAR Shoemaker
- LaunchedDeep Space 1
- LaunchedDeep Impact
- LaunchedDawn
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ULAUnited Launch Alliance
Atlas V, Delta IV, and Vulcan Centaur — manufacturer specifications and mission data.