Tag: Complex 37
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ULA’s heavy-lifter rolled out for solar probe launch
The Delta 4-Heavy rocket slated to launch NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was lifted vertical on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on April 17, one day after it rolled to the pad from a nearby horizontal integration hangar. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman Gearing up for a predawn blastoff July 31, launch crews have positioned…
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Photos: Additional shots of successful Delta 4 rocket launch
The 377th Delta rocket begins its journey to space carrying a military communications satellite funded by Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand in a deal that gives the allies access to the U.S. military’s worldwide Wideband Global SATCOM system. Photos by Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images See earlier Delta 377 coverage.…
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Photos: Delta 4 powers from pad with international satellite
Launching the Wideband Global SATCOM 9 satellite purchased by allied nations in collaboration with the U.S. military’s worldwide communications network, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral at 8:18 p.m. EDT (0018 GMT). Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 377 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 rocket and WGS 9 satellite
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket, standing 217 feet tall and weighing 900,000 pounds, unleashes 1.8 million pounds of thrust from its main engine and four side-mounted boosters at 8:18 p.m. EDT (0018 GMT) today to launch the ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite for U.S. military and allied communications. See earlier Delta 377 coverage.…
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Photos: Launch boosts satellite for U.S. allies
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Medium+ (5,4) rocket lifted off at 8:18 p.m. EDT (0018 GMT) from Cape Canaveral in service to the U.S. military’s Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite constellation. Photos by Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now See earlier Delta 377 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Internationally-backed military satellite successfully launched atop Delta 4 rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL — With an international flair for collaboration, a military communications satellite jointly purchased by five allies was rocketed in space Saturday to further expand the U.S.-operated network that serves battlefield forces anywhere on Earth. The Wideband Global SATCOM satellite No. 9, which will act like an information router in space, was successfully propelled…
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Photos: Launch pad gantry retracted from Delta 4 rocket
The 330-foot-tall mobile service tower is rolled away from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B in the hours before the scheduled liftoff. The 9-million-pound gantry was retracted the length of a football field in preparation for launch of the Air Force’s WGS 9 communications satellite into Earth orbit. Photo…
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Live coverage: Delta 4 countdown and launch journal
Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight with the Wideband Global SATCOM 9 satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. (Launch webcast begins at 7:24 p.m. EDT (2324 GMT)
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Timeline: Delta 4/WGS 9 launch events
Follow the Delta 4 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad to deploy the Wideband Global SATCOM 9 communications satellite. Liftoff is scheduled for Saturday at 7:44 p.m. EDT (2344 GMT). T-00:05.0 Engine start The RS-68A main engine begins to ignite as the liquid hydrogen fuel valve is opened, creating a…
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Preview: U.S. military satellite purchased by coalition forces to be launched Saturday
WGS 9 will be launched by a Delta 4 Medium+ (5,4) rocket. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Signaling strength in the international cooperation between the U.S. military and allied nations, a satellite funded by five countries will be launched by the Air Force on Saturday to codify a global communications deal. A United…