Tag: Delta 375
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Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with second GSSAP satellite duo
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket, standing 206 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 1.1 million pounds of thrust from its main engine and two side-mounted boosters at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 today to launch the GSSAP No. 3 and No. 4 satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program from Cape…
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Photos: Delta 4 lights up the sky for night owl launch
Launching the second pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral today at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 GMT). Photos by Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now See earlier Delta 375 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Photos: 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 on Aug. 19. The 9-million-pound gantry was retracted the length of a football field in preparation for launch of the GSSAP payload into Earth orbit for…
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Delta 4 successfully soars to the high ground to deploy two patrol satellites
CAPE CANAVERAL — The 375th Delta rocket doubled the size of the Air Force’s “neighborhood watch” program today with the successful launch and deployment of two surveillance satellites into the vast geosynchronous belt of spacecraft around the planet. Evolved from its humble beginnings 56 years ago to today’s modern Delta 4 rockets, the 206-foot-tall vehicle…
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Photos: More Launch shots of Delta 375 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) rocket lifted off at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 GMT) from Cape Canaveral for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 375 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Live coverage: Tonight’s Delta 4 countdown and launch journal
(Launch webcast begins at 12:27 a.m. EDT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight with two GSSAP space situational awareness satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Preview: Two space informants to be launched to geosynchronous orbit
Payload fairing logo for this launch. CAPE CANAVERAL — The Air Force will launch a second pair of small security probes 22,300 miles above the Earth using a Delta 4 rocket on Friday to alert ground controllers of impending space collisions and monitor potential meddling with U.S. orbiting assets. The once-classified Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness…
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Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launch
The two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites for the U.S. military were mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket on Aug. 5. Photos and video of the operation were released today. Liftoff is planned for Aug. 19 from Cape Canaveral. Photos and video by United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta…
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Air Force satellite duo mated to Delta 4 rocket for next week’s launch
File photo of first GSSAP payload delivery to pad in 2014. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Two space informants to track objects in geosynchronous orbit have been mounted atop their Delta 4 launch vehicle for liftoff Aug. 19. The United Launch Alliance rocket will carry the pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP,…
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Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day rehearsal for its next Air Force mission
CAPE CANAVERAL — A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise this week to prepare for its Aug. 19 liftoff to deliver a pair of orbital surveillance satellites into space. Known as a Wet Dress Rehearsal, the test at Complex 37 was conducted on Wednesday, July 27, a…