======================================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT LONG-TERM DELTA 2 LAUNCH FORECAST ========================================================================= by Ed Kyle as of October 30, 2011 ========================================================================= The end of the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 space launch vehicle program may have occurred on October 28, 2011 with the NPP launch. Parts remain to build about five more Delta 2 rockets, but no payloads had been assigned when NPP flew. This page tracked the final five years of the "heritage" Thor-based Delta 2. 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 11/06/10 Delta 2-7420-10 D350 COSMO-4 1.900 VA 2W LEO/S 06/10/11 Delta 2-7320 D354 SAC-D/Aquarius (NASA) 1.35 VA 2W LEO/S 09/10/11 Delta 2-7920H D356 GRAIL A/B (NASA) 0.61 CC 17B EEO [1] 10/28/11 Delta 2-7920 D357 NPP (NASA) 1.976 VA 2W LEO/S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] 3.5 month transfer To lunar orbit via. Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 (L1). *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 =========================================================================