Talk:Delta II

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Under the proposed Naming convention to deal with rockets and missiles, Delta II may require renaming or moving.

Please see the Proposal and discussion page to help us reach a consensus on what to do.


The Orbits data based on a translation of the Orbis data in the Delta_II aricle from the German speaking Wikipedia in the Version from June 10, 2006 15:45 CET. A List of the main Authors (History) in accordance with GNU FDL ist II&action=history here to be found.

What is the cost of the Delta boosters? I'd like to compute the cost per pound to low earth orbit for the various boosters.Wrwhiteal 15:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article title

I think this article should be Delta II rocket to be consistent with the other Delta vehicel articles. Comments? -Fnlayson 20:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Oppose: Delta rocket and Delta III rocket have valid grounds to be disambiguated, seeing as there are already pages at Delta III and Delta rocket. Delta IV rocket has been listed at WP:RM to be moved to Delta IV as there are no grounds to disambiguate. Delta II also lacks grounds for disambiguation, so it should stay put. --GW_Simulations|User Page | Talk | Contribs | Chess | E-mail 19:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
For. Change title to be consistent. -Fnlayson 22:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Video of the January 17 1997 Launch Failure

I know there is allready a small video in the CNN story that is linked in the table, but Google Video has a better quality video here. Someone can edit it in if you think it's worth linking.

[edit] Nozzles on boosters

The photo thumb at right

shows a Delta II 7925, used to launch Themis. Upon close inspection it's clear the nozzles on the boosters are not all identical. Some appear longer than others. Is it correct that the longer nozzles are on boosters ignited at higher altitude? Also, is it safe to assume these are GEM-40 boosters, since this flight was not termed "heavy"? Sdsds 03:46, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes to both, I think. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 22:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

  • The nozzles angled out (longer) are fixed. Right, D2 uses GEM-40s except on the Heavy variant. -Fnlayson 03:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
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