{"id":13283,"date":"2019-03-20T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T09:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-delta-4-rocket-blasts-off-from-cape-canaveral\/"},"modified":"2019-03-20T17:31:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T09:31:34","slug":"photos-delta-4-rocket-blasts-off-from-cape-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-delta-4-rocket-blasts-off-from-cape-canaveral\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Delta 4 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hydrogen-fueled main engine and four solid rocket boosters combined to propel a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on March 15, successfully sending a U.S. Air Force communications satellite into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A main engine and the four solid-fueled boosters, built by Northrop Grumman, generated 1.8 million pounds of thrust to drive the 218-foot-tall (66-meter) Delta 4 rocket off the launch pad at 8:26 p.m. EDT Friday (0026 GMT Saturday).<\/p>\n<p>These photos show the Delta 4\u2019s evening liftoff from Cape Canaveral, which was delayed 90 minutes for engineers to address several technical concerns. It was the 39th flight of a Delta 4 rocket since 2002, and the next-to-last launch of the basic version of the Delta 4 with a single first stage core.<\/p>\n<p>The Delta 4-Heavy rocket, made by combining three first stages together, will continue flying through at least the early 2020s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37530\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37530\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32465837207_9acd63e326_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32465837207_9acd63e326_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32465837207_9acd63e326_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37531\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37531\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9980.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9980.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9980-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37532\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37532\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9935.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9935.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9935-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37533\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37533\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726862_ee858c0c68_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726862_ee858c0c68_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726862_ee858c0c68_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37534\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37534\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46475210555_95374a42a8_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46475210555_95374a42a8_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46475210555_95374a42a8_k-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37535\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37535\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0050.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0050-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0050-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0050-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37536\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37536\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0084.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0084.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0084-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0084-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0084-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37537\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37537\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46478455755_95f9363899_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46478455755_95f9363899_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46478455755_95f9363899_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46478455755_95f9363899_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/46478455755_95f9363899_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37538\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37538\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726462_666057dfe8_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726462_666057dfe8_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726462_666057dfe8_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726462_666057dfe8_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/47340726462_666057dfe8_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37539\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37539\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_6038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_6038.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_6038-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37540\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37540\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9552.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9552-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37541\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37541\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9187.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9187.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9187-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9187-768x549.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9187-678x484.jpeg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37542\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37542\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451715247_9bad2550d7_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451715247_9bad2550d7_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451715247_9bad2550d7_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451715247_9bad2550d7_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451715247_9bad2550d7_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37543\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37543\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0098.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0098-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37544\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37544\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0106.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0106-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0106-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0106-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37545\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37545\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9941.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9941.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9941-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37546\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37546\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-0042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-0042.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-0042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-0042-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-0042-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37547\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37547\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0087.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0087.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0087-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0087-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_0087-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37548\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37548\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451711397_df56ab9028_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451711397_df56ab9028_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451711397_df56ab9028_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451711397_df56ab9028_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/32451711397_df56ab9028_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37550\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37550\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9586.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9586.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9586-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9586-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9586-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37551\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37551\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9996.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9996.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_9996-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37552\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37552\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9818.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9818-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9818-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-9818-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37553\" style=\"width: 679px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37553\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-.jpg 679w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10--200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10--678x1017.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37554\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37554\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-1018.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WS-WGS-10-1018-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II \/ Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hydrogen-fueled main engine and four solid rocket boosters combined to propel a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on March 15, successfully sending a U.S. Air Force communications satellite into orbit. The Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A main engine and the four solid-fueled boosters, built by Northrop Grumman, generated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[864,670,2419,1962,1878,2699,1688,25],"class_list":["post-13283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerojet-rocketdyne","tag-boeing","tag-boeing-702","tag-complex-37","tag-delta","tag-delta-383","tag-delta-4","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}