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Delta II 6925

McDonnell Douglas · Delta · RETIRED

Delta II 6925 is an expendable launch vehicle built by McDonnell Douglas. It stands 38.1 m tall, lifts 3,981 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 14 February 1989. It has flown 13 times with 13 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height38.1 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEO3,981 kg
Payload to GTO1,446 kg
Maiden flight14 February 1989
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights13
Successful13
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant6925

About Delta II

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.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Delta II is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

GEOTAIL launch on a Delta 6925
GEOTAIL launch on a Delta 6925Unknown author · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Delta II 6925 flown?
13 times, with 13 successes and 0 failures.
What is Delta II 6925's success rate?
100.0%. That's 13 successful flights out of 13 attempts.
How much can Delta II 6925 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Delta II 6925 at 3,981 kg to low Earth orbit and 1,446 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Delta II 6925 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Delta II 6925 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.