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Delta II 7920H

United Launch Alliance · Delta · RETIRED

Delta II 7920H is an expendable launch vehicle built by United Launch Alliance. It stands 38.9 m tall, lifts 5,959 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 25 August 2003. It has flown 1 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height38.9 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEO5,959 kg
Payload to GTO2,120 kg
Maiden flight25 August 2003
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$51M
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 flights1
Successful1
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant7920H

About Delta II

Delta II is an American space launch system developed by McDonnell Douglas, now part of the Delta rocket family operated by United Launch Alliance. With more than 150 missions and a nearly perfect track record, Delta II has established itself as one of the most successful orbital launch systems.

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.

Delta II 7920H-9.5 ignition with SIRTF
Delta II 7920H-9.5 ignition with SIRTFNASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Delta 7920H-10C payload fairing with GRAIL in it
Delta 7920H-10C payload fairing with GRAIL in itPhoto credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Delta 7920H-10C with GRAIL on top on LC-17B
Delta 7920H-10C with GRAIL on top on LC-17BPhoto credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Delta II 7920H flown?
1 times, with 1 successes and 0 failures.
What is Delta II 7920H's success rate?
100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
How much can Delta II 7920H lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Delta II 7920H at 5,959 kg to low Earth orbit and 2,120 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is Delta II 7920H reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Delta II 7920H as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.