Tag: Delta 4
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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…
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Delta 4’s military launch bumped by commercial SpaceX flight, but good weather expected
The Delta 4 will launch from Complex 37. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With the SpaceX scrub earlier this week and the time needed to convert the Eastern Range over to the Delta 4, liftoff of that rocket carrying an internationally-purchased military communications satellite for the Air Force has been bumped to Saturday evening. Liftoff…
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Multimedia: WGS 9 readied for launch
This collection of photographs and videos shows the Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite No. 9 being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket for launch March 17 at 7:44 p.m. EDT (2344 GMT). Encapsulation occurred at the Astrotech processing facility on Feb. 14. Stacking atop the Delta…
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Delta 4 receives communications satellite payload for launch into space
The nine WGS mission patches. Credit: Air Force logos; Spaceflight Now graphic CAPE CANAVERAL — A military communications satellite, built with international funding from Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand, has been stacked atop a Delta 4 rocket to launch into a worldwide information-relay network operated by the U.S. WGS 9, the ninth…
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Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morning
The SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite will be launched next week. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — Critical operations were completed this morning by United Launch Alliance at Cape Canaveral to prepare two rockets for upcoming flights into space. At the Vertical Integration Facility adjacent to Complex 41, the U.S. military’s $1.2 billion SBIRS GEO…
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Multi-national contribution to U.S. military network delivered for launch
The next satellite for the U.S. military’s communications network, this one purchased by five international allies, has arrived in Florida for its launch in March atop a Delta 4 rocket. The ninth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft has been delivered to Cape Canaveral from the Boeing factory in Los Angeles. @af_smc, @Boeing, @AirMobilityCmd & msn partners…
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U.S. launches its highest capacity military communications satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL — An antenna-covered communications spacecraft that will bring more bandwidth and capacity to the U.S. military’s global information grid than any single satellite ever before was successfully launched Wednesday atop a Delta 4 rocket. United Launch Alliance delivered the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite No. 8 into space for the U.S. Air Force following…
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Photos: Delta 4 powers from launch pad on military mission
Launching the Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral at 6:53 p.m. EST (2353 GMT). United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 376 coverage. Our Delta archive.