WMAP
Delta 7425-10
United States Air Force
Mission
WMAP
Type: Planetary Science
MAP was to measure fluctuations in the cosmic 3 Kelvin microwave background with the degree of precision required to answer questions about the big bang and the total mass and fate of the universe.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 17B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Rocket
Delta 7425-10 – McDonnell Douglas
- Family: Delta
- Length: 39 m
- Diameter: 2.44 m
- Launch Mass: 170 T
The Delta 7425-10 was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas with the first launch on 2001-06-30. Delta 7425-10 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