LACE & RME
Delta 6920-8
United States Air Force
Mission
LACE & RME
Type: Government/Top Secret
SDI experiment to validate laser beam relay functions for a ballistic missile defense system
Location
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
872 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Delta 6920-8 – McDonnell Douglas
- Family: Delta
- Length: 39 m
- Diameter: 2.44 m
- Launch Mass: 219 T
The Delta 6920-8 was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas with the first launch on 1990-02-14. Delta 6920-8 has 1 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 1 launches. 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.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
