NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Kepler

Launch Time
Sat Mar 07, 2009 03:49 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7925-10L
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,511 kN
Payload to GTO: 1,739 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 9
Rocket Height: 39.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 9.3 m

Mission Details

Kepler space telescope

Kepler space telescope is a space telescope launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,052.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2009

12th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

24th mission
3rd mission of 2009
23rd successful mission
19th consecutive successful mission

Delta II

141st mission
2nd mission of 2009
139th successful mission
86th consecutive successful mission