Stardust
Delta 7426-9.5
United States Air Force
Mission
Stardust
Type: Robotic Exploration
Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated solely to the exploration of a comet, and the first robotic mission designed to return extraterrestrial material from outside the orbit of the Moon.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Delta 7426-9.5 – McDonnell Douglas
- Family: Delta
- Length: 39 m
- Diameter: 2.44 m
- Launch Mass: 170 T
The Delta 7426-9.5 was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas with the first launch on 1999-02-07. Delta 7426-9.5 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
