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Month: June 2016

Delta 4

Photos: Delta 4-Heavy launch as seen from press site

June 11, 2016 Justin Ray

Members of the news media — reporters and photographers — witnessed the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifted off from the ITL Causeway on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, about 1.7 miles from the pad.

Delta 4

Video: America’s most capable rocket ascends from Cape Canaveral on NROL-37

June 11, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket, standing 235 feet tall and weighing 1.6 million pounds fully fueled, unleashes 2.1 million pounds of thrust from the three RS-68A main engines at 1:51 p.m. EDT (1751 GMT) today to launch from Cape Canaveral on NROL-37.

Delta 4

Photos: Gantry rollback for second launch attempt

June 11, 2016 Justin Ray

After being put back in position around the Delta 4-Heavy rocket after Thursday’s weather scrub, the 330-foot tall mobile service tower is retracted again at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B for launch that will place the NROL-37 payload into Earth orbit.

Delta 4

Video: Animated preview of Delta 4-Heavy rocket ascent on NROL-37

June 10, 2016 Justin Ray

Narrated animation explains the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket ascending to space with the NROL-37 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office through T+plus 6 minutes, 30 seconds before going into a news blackout.

Delta 4

Video: NROL-37 payload and Delta 4-Heavy rocket prepped for launch

June 10, 2016 Justin Ray

Narrated video packages show the shrouded NROL-37 payload being hoisted atop the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket and the retraction of the mobile service gantry.

Mission Reports

Upgraded Proton booster adds satellite to Intelsat’s fleet

June 9, 2016 Stephen Clark

Debuting lighter structural components to carry heavier satellites into orbit, a Russian Proton rocket fired into space from Kazakhstan on Thursday and successfully placed a U.S.-built television broadcast craft into orbit for Intelsat and DirecTV.

Delta 4

Video: Weather forces postponement of Delta 4-Heavy rocket launch

June 9, 2016 Justin Ray

Giving every opportunity for the storm clouds to blow clear after a four-hour hold, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket counts down Thursday afternoon at Cape Canaveral until the clocks had to be halted for the day.

Mission Reports

Photos: Proton rocket climbs into space from Kazakhstan

June 9, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Russian Proton rocket lifted off Thursday with a U.S.-built communications satellite to broadcast television over Latin America, firing into orbit from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Delta 4

Delta 4-Heavy factoids

June 9, 2016 Justin Ray

Learn more about the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket as it prepares to perform the classified NROL-37 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office,

Delta 4

Photos: Gantry retracted from Delta 4-Heavy

June 9, 2016 Justin Ray

The 330-foot tall mobile service tower is rolled away from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B on launch day.

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