Tag: Air Force
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Recap story: Triple-barrel Delta 4-Heavy launches national security satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL — Two million pounds of firepower successfully launched a behemoth Delta 4-Heavy rocket and a top-secret eavesdropping surveillance satellite into space today, embarking on a taxing climb directly into geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth to deploy one of the pinnacles of U.S. intelligence-gathering. Igniting its three hydrogen-fueled main engines in staggered…
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Video: America’s most capable rocket ascends from Cape Canaveral on NROL-37
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, standing 235 feet tall and weighing 1.6 million pounds fully fueled, unleashes 2.1 million pounds of thrust from the three RS-68A main engines at 1:51 p.m. EDT (1751 GMT) today to launch from Cape Canaveral on NROL-37. Video courtesy of United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 374 coverage.…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy launch as seen from press site
Members of the news media — reporters and photographers — witnessed the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifted off from the ITL Causeway on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, about 1.7 miles from the pad. Photos by Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now See earlier Delta 374 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Video: Animated preview of Delta 4-Heavy rocket ascent on NROL-37
Narrated animation explains the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket ascending to space with the NROL-37 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office through T+plus 6 minutes, 30 seconds before going into a news blackout. Video courtesy United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 374 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Video: NROL-37 payload and Delta 4-Heavy rocket prepped for launch
Narrated video packages show the shrouded NROL-37 payload being hoisted atop the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket and the retraction of the mobile service gantry. Video courtesy United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 374 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Video: Weather forces postponement of Delta 4-Heavy rocket launch
Giving every opportunity for the storm clouds to blow clear after a four-hour hold, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket counts down Thursday afternoon at Cape Canaveral until the clocks had to be halted for the day. Video courtesy of United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 374 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Delta 4-Heavy factoids
The Delta 4 has delivered for National Reconnaissance Office 9 times. Launch 10 is Thursday https://t.co/UsCrc4d02N pic.twitter.com/3SniwNf6wY — Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 5, 2016 Thursday will be 9th launch of Delta 4-Heavy since 2004. Most capable US rocket flying todayhttps://t.co/pEN1E7ds7r pic.twitter.com/EnuC9EClDi — Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 7, 2016 Get a feel for what Delta 4-Heavy…
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Photos: Gantry retracted from Delta 4-Heavy
The 330-foot tall mobile service tower is rolled away from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B just after sunrise on June 9. The 9-million-pound gantry was retracted the length of a football field in preparation for launch of the NROL-37 payload into Earth orbit. Photos by United Launch Alliance…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy on the pad Wednesday
On the eve of its scheduled flight for U.S. national security interests, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands quietly inside the protective gantry at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 pad. Liftoff is planned for Thursday at 1:59 p.m. EDT (1759 GMT). Photos by Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See earlier Delta 374 coverage. Our…
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Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy countdown and launch journal
(Launch webcast begins at 1:31 p.m. EDT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket on the NROL-37 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Launch preview story | Mission profile animation