Video: Time-lapse of Atlas 5’s rollout for launch of GOES-S (members only)

“We had a terrific ride into space aboard the United Launch Alliance’s Delta 2 vehicle. They deposited us exactly where we wanted to be with with accuracy and precision,” said Kent Kellogg, NASA’s SMAP project manager.

Poised for its one and only satellite launch of the year, the National Reconnaissance Office will conduct a hush-hush flight Thursday using a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from California.

Here’s a look by the numbers of the previous Delta 4 flight history and the remaining flights of the rocket named Delta.