LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed Feb 14 1990
United States Air Force
LACE & RME
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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Launch Window End
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Delta 6920-8Description:
Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family and entered service in 1989. Delta II vehicles included the Delta 6000, and the two later Delta 7000 variants ("Light" and "Heavy"). The rocket flew its final mission ICESat-2 on 15 September 2018, earning the launch vehicle a streak of 100 successful missions in a row, with the last failure being GPS IIR-1 in 1997.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Government/Top Secret
- SDI experiment to validate laser beam relay functions for a ballistic missile defense system
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B