Tag: Delta 4
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Photos: Delta 4 launch views from KSC press site
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday night with the U.S. Air Force’s eighth Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite, lighting up the sky in these images taken from the nearby Kennedy Space Center press site. The Delta 4 launched at 6:53 p.m. EST (2353 GMT) from Complex 37B…
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Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 rocket and WGS 8 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 6:53 p.m. EST (2353 GMT) Wednesday to launch the eighth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite for U.S. military communications. See earlier Delta 376 coverage. Our Delta…
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Live coverage of Delta 4 countdown and launch
Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight with the Wideband Global SATCOM 8 satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. (Launch webcast begins at 6:33 p.m. EST / 2333 GMT)
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Timeline: Delta 4/WGS 8 launch events
Follow the Delta 4 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad with the U.S. Air Force’s WGS 8 communications satellite. Liftoff is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:53 p.m. EST. T-00:05.0 Engine start The RS-68A main engine begins to ignite as the liquid hydrogen fuel valve is opened, creating a large fireball…
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Preview: Upgraded satellite for military communications to launch
A Delta 4 rocket will launch the WGS 8 satellite on Wednesday. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — The backbone of the U.S. military’s global communications network, relied upon by soldiers, ships, jets, aerial drones and allied nations around the world, will receive a new satellite with unprecedented capacity following its launch Wednesday atop…
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Favorable weather forecast for Wednesday’s Delta 4 launch from Florida
The Delta 4 will launch from Complex 37. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Air Force meteorologists are expecting good weather to launch the Delta 4 rocket with a military communications satellite Wednesday evening from Cape Canaveral. Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance booster carrying the Wideband Global SATCOM 8 spacecraft is scheduled to occur at…
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U.S. military communications satellite moved to pad for Dec. 7 launch into space
The eight WGS mission patches. Credit: Air Force logos; Spaceflight Now graphic CAPE CANAVERAL — The next satellite to launch from Cape Canaveral — an essential communications satellite for the U.S. military and allied nations — was moved to the pad and mounted atop its Delta 4 rocket today. The eighth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft…
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Milestone-setting 100th EELV rocket moves to launch pad
The Atlas 5 rocket with GOES-R was rolled out this morning. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — The 100th rocket in America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the current fleet of boosters used by the nation to get its critical assets into space, was rolled to the pad this morning for a vital mission…
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Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day simulation for its next Air Force mission
Mission poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise today to prepare for its Dec. 7 liftoff to deliver a U.S. military communications satellite into space. Today’s operation, an abbreviated version of a Wet Dress Rehearsal, saw the mobile service…
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Delta 4 rocket on the pad for military satellite launch in December
File photo of Delta 4 rollout. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — The Delta 4 rocket that will launch the U.S. military’s highest capacity communications satellite ever built was rolled to the pad this week. The two-stage booster moved from the Horizontal Integration Facility to the Complex 37B pad and erected on the launch…