The Delta 4 has delivered for National Reconnaissance Office 9 times. Launch 10 is Thursday https://t.co/UsCrc4d02N pic.twitter.com/3SniwNf6wY
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 5, 2016
Thursday will be 9th launch of Delta 4-Heavy since 2004. Most capable US rocket flying todayhttps://t.co/pEN1E7ds7r pic.twitter.com/EnuC9EClDi
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 7, 2016
Get a feel for what Delta 4-Heavy launch is like before Thursday’s 1:59pmEDT #NROL37 flight https://t.co/ERRGpZHoce pic.twitter.com/juVtKzY8S3
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 8, 2016
Delta 4-Heavy is made of 3 Common Booster Cores, an upper stage, 8 fuel tanks, 4 engines and 65-foot-long nose cone pic.twitter.com/N9J3T1LYBa
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 9, 2016
The @ulalaunch Delta 4-Heavy rocket was built in Alabama and its engines come from California and Florida pic.twitter.com/ADNreG6kEi
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 9, 2016
Delta 4-Heavy uses three RS-68A engines made by @AerojetRdyne. The engine and a worker for size comparison pic.twitter.com/GbAcYhnJP8
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 9, 2016
At liftoff, Delta 4-Heavy’s @AerojetRdyne RS-68A main engines will gulp 3 tons of fuel per second
(File photo) pic.twitter.com/ywGXvhV21W— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 9, 2016
Delta 4-Heavy weighs 1.6 million pounds fully fueled and will launch atop 2.1 million pounds of thrust
(File photo) pic.twitter.com/U6IfL9lkEG— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 9, 2016
Delta 4-Heavy is 235 feet tall and 53 feet wide. It is America’s biggest unmanned rocket currently in service pic.twitter.com/eiHIDCp1zE
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) June 9, 2016
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