Tag: Delta
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Parker Solar Probe cleared for launch to ‘touch the sun’
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Artist’s concept of Parker Solar Probe. Credit: JHUAPL NASA managers Thursday cleared the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe for launch early Saturday on a daring mission to “touch the sun,” repeatedly flying through its outer atmosphere to find out why the blazing corona is millions of degrees hotter…
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Photos: Delta 4 blasts off from Vandenberg’s historic SLC-6 launch pad
A United Launch Delta 4 rocket lifted off Friday from the SLC-6 launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, powering into orbit from a historic seaside complex originally developed for crewed missions. The 217-foot-tall (66-meter) Delta 4 rocket, boosted by two strap-on solid-fueled rocket motors and a hydrogen-fueled RS-68A main engine, lifted off…
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Delta 4 rocket successfully lofts clandestine NRO satellite into orbit
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday. Credit: ULA A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket climbed into orbit Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a top secret spy satellite, adding a new set of eyes in the sky for the U.S. government’s…
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Watch a replay of the Delta 4 NROL-47 launch
Watch a replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on January 12, 2018, hauling into orbit a new eye in the sky for the National Reconnaissance Office. Video: United Launch Alliance.
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Photos: Mobile gantry rolled back to reveal Delta 4 rocket at Vandenberg
The 32-story-tall mobile service tower at the Delta 4’s launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was retracted away from the rocket Thursday in advance of a planned liftoff with a top secret National Reconnaissance Office payload. The classified NROL-47 payload is set to ride the 217-foot-tall (66-meter) rocket from Space Launch Complex…
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Live coverage: Delta 4 launches from California with spy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Delta 4 rocket with the NROL-47 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ULA’s live broadcast of the Delta 4 launch begins at 12:40 p.m. PST (3:40 p.m. EST; 2040 GMT).
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Delta 4 rocket, clandestine spy satellite ready for liftoff from California
EDITOR’S NOTE: The launch has been delayed 24 hours to Thursday at approximately 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST; 2100 GMT) by gusty winds at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The mission patch for the NROL-47 mission. Credit: National Reconnaissance Office Technicians are putting the final touches on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket set for…
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Classified payload hoisted atop Delta 4 rocket at Vandenberg
A clandestine satellite owned by the National Reconnaissance Office has been raised atop its United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for liftoff Jan. 10. Already encapsulated inside the Delta 4’s payload fairing, the spacecraft was recently transferred from a nearby processing facility and hoisted by a crane inside the…
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Delta 4 launch from California slips to January
File photo of a Delta 4 rocket standing on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: ULA The launch of a top secret National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been pushed back from Dec. 13 until no earlier than Jan. 10 to complete software validation…
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What to do with the final Delta 2 rocket?
Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — With the payload matching game showing no prospects, the final Delta 2 rocket could be headed to the Smithsonian or another museum instead of space. The United Launch Alliance vehicle has flown 153 times since 1989, accumulating 151 successes and currently rides a string of 98 consecutive flawless…