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=== Notable payloads === Earth-orbiting {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * [[Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope|GLAST]] * [[Gravity Probe B]] * 24 GPS satellites * 60 [[Iridium satellite constellation|Iridium]] satellites * [[ICESat-2]] * [[Kepler space telescope]] * [[OSTM/Jason-2]] * [[Radarsat-1]] * [[ELFIN]] * [[Polar (satellite)]] * [[ROSAT]] * [[Spitzer Space Telescope|Spitzer Space Telescope (SIRTF)]] * [[USA 205|STSS-ATRR]] * [[Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission|Swift]] * [[THEMIS]] * [[USA 193|USA 193 (NROL-21)]] * [[WIND (spacecraft)|WIND]] * [[Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer|WISE]] * [[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe|WMAP]] {{div col end}} Interplanetary {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * [[2001 Mars Odyssey]] * [[CONTOUR]] * [[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]] * ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]]'' * [[Deep Space 1]] * [[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]] * [[GRAIL]] * [[Mars Climate Orbiter]] * [[Mars Exploration Rover]]s * [[Mars Global Surveyor]] * [[Mars Pathfinder]] * [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Mars Phoenix]] * [[Mars Polar Lander]] * [[MESSENGER]] * [[NEAR Shoemaker|NEAR]] * [[STEREO]] {{div col end}} The last Delta II launch was the [[ICESat-2]] satellite in September 2018.<ref name="nsfoco"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-selects-launch-services-contract-for-three-missions-2012-07-16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129044229/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nasa-selects-launch-services-contract-for-three-missions-2012-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2013 |title=NASA Selects Launch Services Contract For Three Missions |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=16 July 2012 |publisher=MarketWatch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2013/release-20130222b.html |title=NASA Selects Launch Services for ICESat-2 Mission |date=22 February 2013 |access-date=15 March 2013 |publisher=NASA [[Kennedy Space Center]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708083045/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2013/release-20130222b.html |archive-date=8 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, ULA indicated that it had "around half a dozen" unsold Delta II rockets on hand,<ref name=until2015>{{cite web |url=http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080630-busmon-delta-2.html |title=Delta 2 Rockets to Remain Competitive Until 2015 |first=Brian |last=Berger |publisher=Space News |date=2008-06-30 |access-date=2008-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703100017/http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080630-busmon-delta-2.html |archive-date=2008-07-03 |url-status=live}}</ref> but in October 2017, ULA CEO [[Tory Bruno]] stated that there are no complete, unbooked Delta II rockets left in ULA inventory. However, there are leftover Delta II parts which are not enough to build another vehicle.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=torybruno |author-link=Tory Bruno |number=920249741082062853 |title=Less than 1. Last 2 complete DIIs are ordered, JPSS is flying next. Most of a 3rd DII's parts remain in inventory |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> The final Delta II, made of these leftover parts alongside some [[Simulation|simulated]] parts, is located at the [[Rocket garden|Kennedy Space Center rocket garden]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.space.com/delta2-rocket-garden-nasa-display |title=Last Delta II takes root in Kennedy Space Center rocket garden |author1=Robert Z. Pearlman |date=23 March 2021 |website=Space.com |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>
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