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Delta 7920-10L
Part of Thor
American orbital launch vehicle. Three stage vehicle consisting of 9 x GEM-40 + 1 x EELT Thor/RS-27A + 1 x Delta K with 3.05 m (10 foot) diameter long fairing
 Status: Active.  First Launch: 2002-05-04.  Last Launch: 2004-07-15.  Number:  2 . Gross mass: 232,000 kg (511,000 lb). Height: 40.00 m (131.00 ft). Diameter: 2.44 m (8.00 ft). 
Family: 
orbital launch vehicle. 
Country: 
USA. 
Spacecraft: 
Aqua, 
Aura. 
Launch Sites: 
Cape Canaveral, 
Vandenberg, 
Cape Canaveral LC17B, 
Vandenberg SLC2W. 
Stages: 
Delta Thor XLT-C, 
Delta K, 
GEM 40. 
Agency: 
Douglas. 
2002 May 4 - . 
09:54 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Vandenberg. 
Launch Complex: 
Vandenberg SLC2W. 
LV Family: 
Thor. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Delta 7920-10L. 
- Aqua - . 
 Payload: EOS-PM1. Mass: 2,934 kg (6,468 lb). Nation: USA. 
Agency: NASA. 
Manufacturer: TRW. 
Class: Earth. 
 Type: Earth resources satellite. Spacecraft: Aqua. 
 USAF Sat Cat:  27424 .  COSPAR: 2002-022A. Apogee: 706 km (438 mi). Perigee: 699 km (434 mi). Inclination: 98.20 deg. Period: 98.80 min. Climatology and environment satellite. Launch delayed from December 20, 2001, and January 30, April 18 and 26, May 2. NASA's Aqua remote sensing satellite was placed in a 185 x 707 km x 98.1 deg transfer orbit at 1006 UTC. A second burn of the second stage of the Delta at 1048:58 UTC put Aqua in a 676 x 687 km x 98.2 deg orbit. 
2004 July 15 - . 
10:02 GMT - . 
Launch Site: 
Vandenberg. 
Launch Complex: 
Vandenberg SLC2W. 
LV Family: 
Thor. 
Launch Vehicle: 
Delta 7920-10L. 
- Aura - . 
 Payload: EOS-CHEM1 / T330 (AB1200). Mass: 2,967 kg (6,541 lb). Nation: USA. 
Agency: NASA. 
Manufacturer: TRW. 
Class: Earth. 
 Type: Atmosphere satellite. Spacecraft: Aura. 
 USAF Sat Cat:  28376 .  COSPAR: 2004-026A. Apogee: 694 km (431 mi). Perigee: 688 km (427 mi). Inclination: 98.20 deg. Period: 98.60 min. Atmosphere Dynamics & Chemistry. Delayed from January 29, February 6, March 19, June 17, 19 and 26, July 8, 10, 11, 13 and 14.. 
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