Tag: Delta 4 Heavy
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ULA kicks off next Delta 4-Heavy launch campaign
A hydraulic erector raised United Launch Alliance’s next Delta 4-Heavy rocket vertical at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad Friday. Credit: United Launch Alliance The next Delta 4-Heavy rocket was raised vertical Friday at Cape Canaveral, signaling the start of a comprehensive series of pre-flight tests before liftoff next year with a top secret U.S.…
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Live coverage: Kennedy Space Center to reopen Friday
Live coverage of Hurricane Dorian’s impacts on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Dorian
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Space Launch System’s Mobile Launcher stands on launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This aerial photo was taken June 28 shortly after the tower arrived at pad 39B for a series of ground tests following rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building, seen in…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy blasts off from Vandenberg
The first of up to seven United Launch Alliance missions lifted off Jan. 19 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where a Delta 4-Heavy launcher fired into orbit with 2.1 million pounds of thrust from three hydrogen-fueled RS-68A main engines with a U.S. government spy satellite. The orange and white launcher, standing 233 feet…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy blasts off from Vandenberg
The first of up to seven United Launch Alliance missions lifted off Jan. 19 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where a Delta 4-Heavy launcher fired into orbit with 2.1 million pounds of thrust from three hydrogen-fueled RS-68A main engines with a U.S. government spy satellite. The orange and white launcher, standing 233 feet…
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Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket with the National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-71 payload. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Note: We are not able to provide the coverage you have come to expect for this launch due to a decision by United Launch Alliance.…
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Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches U.S. spy satellite into unusual orbit
A Delta 4-Heavy rocket, comprising three hydrogen-fueled first stage boosters connected together, lifted off at 11:10 a.m. PST (2:10 p.m. EST; 1910 GMT) Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: United Launch Alliance A top secret surveillance payload owned by the National Reconnaissance Office soared into space Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
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First of up to seven ULA launches this year set for Saturday
File photo of the Delta 4-Heavy on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: United Launch Alliance The first of up to seven missions planned on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas and Delta rocket fleets this year is scheduled for Saturday from California’s Central Coast, when a Delta 4-Heavy is set for blastoff…
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Delta 4-Heavy launch with spy satellite pushed back to January
A Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on Dec. 19. Credit: United Launch Alliance After unusual concentrations of hydrogen around the rocket foiled a launch attempt Dec. 19, United Launch Alliance said Friday that the company’s powerful Delta 4-Heavy launcher and a U.S. government spy satellite will…
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Delta 4-Heavy countdown aborted moments before launch
Video credit: United Launch Alliance A dramatic automatic abort 7.5 seconds before the planned liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket Saturday night kept the towering launcher on the pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a top secret spy payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The 233-foot-tall (71-meter) rocket was counting…