Delta 7920-10L | Aura

Delta 7920-10L | Aura

Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, 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.

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Aura

Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System following on Terra and Aqua.

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Delta II 7920-10L


Height 40.00 Meters

Max Stages 3

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 0 kN

Diameter 2.44 Meters

Mass To LEO 0 kg

Liftoff Mass 232 Tonnes


Launch Success 2

Consecutive Success 2

Maiden Flight 2002-05-04

Launch Failures 0


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NASA Large Strategic Science Missions

NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.

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