Tag: Delta 4
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ULA calls off launch of triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket, will try again Saturday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) on Aug. 27 with confirmation of SAOCOM 1B delay. Updated at 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 GMT) on Aug. 27 with delay until Saturday. United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket is revealed late Wednesday with the removal of the mobile gantry on pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air…
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Delta 4-Heavy likely heading for geosynchronous orbit with surveillance payload
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 28 before second launch attempt. Updated Sept. 28, 29 and 30 before subsequent launch attempts. The top secret intelligence-gathering payload for the U.S. government set for launch Wednesday on top of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket is likely the next in a line of sensitive eavesdropping satellites designed to intercept radio signals…
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Photos: Mobile gantry retracted from ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy for Aug. 27 launch attempt
Towering more than 30 stories tall, the mobile gantry structure at the Delta 4-Heavy rocket’s launch pad at Cape Canaveral was wheeled into position for liftoff of the triple-core launcher Thursday with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The mobile gantry — which weighs around 9 million pounds — is moving on rail…
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Live coverage: Launch of Delta 4-Heavy aborted seconds before liftoff
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 1:52 a.m. EDT (0552 GMT) Thursday, Aug. 27.
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August set to end with string of launches from Cape Canaveral
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 8 p.m. EDT Aug. 24 with Delta 4-Heavy launch delay. A Falcon 9 rocket streaks into space from Cape Canaveral in this long exposure photo taken March 6. Credit: SpaceX Launch teams are readying three rockets for a series of blastoffs this week from Cape Canaveral to loft a classified orbiting spy…
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Next Delta 4-Heavy launch on schedule for Aug. 26
United Launch Alliance technicians lower a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload on top of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket July 27. Credit: United Launch Alliance The flight of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket set for Aug. 26 from Cape Canaveral continues the Delta rocket family’s countdown to retirement. With five Delta 4-Heavy missions left…
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ULA delivers Delta 4-Heavy rocket to California launch base
The three first stage boosters for a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket are revealed April 5 after delivery on ULA’s RocketShip transport vessel. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens United Launch Alliance’s rocket transport ship has delivered a Delta 4-Heavy rocket to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation…
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ULA completes fueling test on next Delta 4-Heavy rocket
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands at pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for a wet dress rehearsal. Credit: Dane Drefke / United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance engineers filled a Delta 4-Heavy rocket with super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants Friday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during a…
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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.