USAF Delta II 7426-9.5 Stardust
Delta II 7426-9.5
Status
Success
Date
7 FEB 1999
21:04
Launch Provider
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to the exploration of a comet, and the first robotic mission designed to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of the Moon.
Rocket
Delta II 7426-9.5
Mission Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A
Stages
4
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
39 m
Diameter
2.44 m
Launch Mass
170 T
Thrust
3,020 kN