Tag: Delta 4

  • Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch pad

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    The Delta IV Heavy rocket is lifted to the vertical position at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral. Photo: NASA/KSC. The booster rocket that will launch NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise in December has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. United Launch Alliance’s triple-body Delta…

  • Space surveillance craft launched by Delta 4 rocket

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    A Delta 4 rocket roars away from Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 37 carrying a pair of covert satellites. Photo: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL – A pair of covertly developed inspector satellites to monitor collision threats and nefarious activities in geosynchronous orbit for U.S. Strategic Command blasted off Monday aboard a Delta 4 rocket. The…