Status
Success
GRAIL
Launch Time
Sat Sep 10, 2011 13:08 UTC
Sat Sep 10, 2011 13:08 UTC
Final Delta II Heavy launch and final launch from SLC-17 at Cap Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch was delayed several days due to high level winds and an issue with the rocket's propulsion system that was detected while the Delta 2 rocket was drained of fuel.
Rocket
Mission Details
GRAIL
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL-A and B) were two American lunar science missions in NASA's Discovery Program which used high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure.
Launch trajectory was a low energy transfer via L1.
Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 405.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2011
49th orbital launch attempt
United Launch Alliance
54th mission
9th mission of 2011
53rd successful mission
49th consecutive successful mission
Delta II
150th mission
2nd mission of 2011
148th successful mission
95th consecutive successful mission