A Delta II 7925-10L launched NASA's Kepler space telescope from Cape Canaveral to survey a region of the galaxy for Earth-size planets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Helio-N/A
- Heliocentric orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Delta II 7925-10L flights
- Date and time
- 7 March 2009, 03:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7925-10L
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 2009-011
- Launches in 2009
- 12th of 78
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