Delta 6925 | Geotail & DUVE
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
Geotail & DUVE
The Geotail mission measures global energy flow and transformation in the magnetotail to increase understanding of fundamental magnetospheric processes. The objective of tthe DUVE experiment is to perform sensitive spectroscopy of diffuse emissions from the interstellar medium to increase the understanding of the dynamics and evolution of the interstellar medium and the Galaxy.
Delta II 6925
Height 38.10 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 1446 kg
Liftoff Thrust 3981 kN
Diameter 2.44 Meters
Mass To LEO 3981 kg
Liftoff Mass 218 Tonnes
Launch Success 13
Consecutive Success 13
Maiden Flight 1989-02-14
Launch Failures 0
