======================================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT LONG-TERM DELTA 2 LAUNCH FORECAST ========================================================================= by Ed Kyle as of December 14, 2009 ========================================================================= According to some reports, the end of the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 space launch vehicle program could occur within a few years, sometime after 2009 when the rocket performs its final U.S. Air Force GPS launch. This site will attempt to keep track of and project the final launch schedule for this "heritage" Thor-based launcher. This space launch forecast, like all such space launch schedules, should not be considered anything but a vague long-term projection. The dates, sequence, and even the total number of launches almost certainly will be altered substantially as time passes. DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/17/07 Delta 2-7425 D323 THEMIS (NASA) 0.5 CC 17B EEO 06/08/07 Delta 2-7420-10 D324 COSMO-SkyMed 1 (BLS) 1.91 VA 2W LEO/S 08/04/07 Delta 2-7925 D325 Phoenix Mars Lander 0.67 CC 17A HCO 09/18/07 Delta 2-7920-10 D326 WorldView 1 2.5 VA 2W LEO/S 09/27/07 Delta 2-7295H D327 Dawn 1.218 CC 17B HCO 10/17/07 Delta 2-7925-9.5 D328 GPS 2R-17 2.059 CC 17A MTO 12/09/07 Delta 2-7420-10 D330 COSMO-Skymed 2 1.91 VA 2W LEO/S 12/20/07 Delta 2-7925 D331 GPS 2R-18 2.06 CC 17A MTO 03/15/08 Delta 2-7925 D332 GPS 2R-19 2.06 CC 17A MTO 06/11/08 Delta 2-7920H D333 GLAST (NASA) 4.37 CC 17B LEO 06/20/08 Delta 2-7320 D334 Jason-2 (CNES/NASA) 0.506 VA 2W LEO 09/06/08 Delta 2-7420 D335 GeoEye-1 1.92 VA 2W LEO/S 10/25/08 Delta 2-7420-10 D336 COSMO-Skymed 3 1.91 VA 2W LEO/S 02/06/09 Delta 2-7320 D338 NOAA-N' (NASA) 1.44 VA 2W LEO/S 03/07/09 Delta 2-7925 D339 Kepler (NASA) 1.05 CC 17B HCO 03/24/09 Delta 2-7925 D340 GPS 2R-20 2.06 CC 17A MTO 05/05/09 Delta 2-7920-10 D341 STSS/ATRR (NASA/USAF) VA 2W LEO/P 08/17/09 Delta 2-7925-9.5 D343 GPS 2R-21(M) 2.06 CC 17A MTO 09/25/09 Delta 2-7920-10 D344 STSS Demo 2.244 CC 17B LEO 10/08/09 Delta 2-7920-10 D345 WorldView 2 (COM) 2.615 VA 2W LEO/S 12/14/09 Delta 2-7320-10 D347 WISE (NASA) 0.674 VA 2W LEO/S 2010 Delta 2-7420-10 COSMO-4 VA 2W 2010 Delta 2-7320 Aquarius (NASA) VA 2W LEO/S 2010 Delta 2-7920 NPP (NASA) VA 2W LEO/S 2011? Delta 2-7925H Grail 1/2 (NASA) CC 17B HCO? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Site Code: CC = Cape Canaveral, FL, USA VA = Vandenberg AFB, CA, USA **Orbit Code: EEO = Elliptical Earth Orbit EEO/M = Molynia (12-hr) Elliptical Earth Orbit FTO = Failed to Orbit FSO = Failed Suborbital GTO = Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO+ = Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit GTO- = Subsynchronous Transfer Orbit GEO = Geosynchronous Orbit HCO = Heliocentric (solar) Orbit HTO = High Earth Transfer Orbit LEO = Low Earth Orbit LEO/S = Sun Synchronous Low Earth Orbit LEO/P = Polar Low Earth Orbit MEO = Medium Earth Orbit MTO = Medium Earth Transfer Orbit BLS = Boeing Commercial Launch Services ========================================================================= Use browser return arrow to go back to: http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/slr.html =========================================================================