Tag: Delta 4 Heavy
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket lights up Cape Canaveral
These photos show the fiery liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 10, riding three pillars of flame from its hydrogen-fueled RS-68A main engines. The ULA heavy-lifter took off from pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8:09 p.m. EST on Dec. 10 (0109 GMT on…
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Delta 4-Heavy launches U.S. spy satellite after months of delays
A Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifts off Thursday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: United Launch Alliance Running more than three months late, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket took off Thursday and carried a U.S. government spy satellite into an orbit thousands of miles above Earth in the first mission from the…
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Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket with the classified NROL-44 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”ULA broadcast”] [tabby title=”SFN pad view”] [tabbyending] United Launch Alliance’s live launch broadcast begins at 7:45 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 10 (0045 GMT Friday,…
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ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy ready for another launch attempt after pad repairs
File photo of the swing arms at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37B launch pad. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance is set to try again to launch a Delta 4-Heavy rocket and a classified U.S. government spy satellite Thursday after delays of more than three months caused by persistent issues with the mission’s launch pad.…
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ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket still grounded by launch pad problem
Three swing arms are designed to pull away from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket at liftoff. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance engineers have resolved the problem that triggered an abort of a planned Delta 4-Heavy rocket launch Sept. 30, but the company said Friday it is continuing to evaluate a concern with the launch…
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Delta 4-Heavy launch aborted at T-minus 7 seconds
Another countdown for United Launch Alliance’s next Delta 4-Heavy rocket mission ended without a liftoff Wednesday after a computer sequencer detected a potential problem just before engine ignition. The rocket was set to blast off from Cape Canaveral with a U.S. government spy satellite at 11:54 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0354 GMT Thursday), but the countdown…
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SpaceX rockets await launch opportunities later this week
Two Falcon 9 rockets are standing on pad 40 (left) and pad 39A (right) for launches later this week. Credit: SpaceX Two SpaceX rockets are standing on launch pads several miles apart on Florida’s Space Coast awaiting launch opportunities Thursday and Friday, once an oft-delayed Delta 4-Heavy rocket from rival United Launch Alliance is able…
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Mobile gantry wheeled away from Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance teams rolled the Mobile Service Tower away from a Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37B launch pad Wednesday in preparation for liftoff on a national security mission. The 9-million-pound, 330-foot-tall mobile gantry began moving away from the Delta 4-Heavy rocket shortly after 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) Wednesday. The structure…
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Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy countdown halted in final seconds
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket with the classified NROL-44 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. United Launch Alliance’s live launch broadcast begins at 11:34 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 30 (0334 GMT on Oct. 1).
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After weather scrub, Starlink launch to wait for pair of national security missions
A Falcon 9 rocket is seen just before bad weather forced SpaceX to scrub a launch attempt Monday with 60 more Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX Continuing a dizzying series of rescheduled launches from Florida’s Space Coast, poor weather at the Kennedy Space Center forced SpaceX to keep a Falcon 9 rocket and 60 Starlink broadband…