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Delta 4

Upcoming Delta 4-Heavy launch back on track after payload-related delay

June 2, 2016 Justin Ray

A new launch date has been established — June 9 — for the Delta 4-Heavy rocket to carry a classified satellite into space for U.S. national security needs.

Delta 4

Delta 4-Heavy launch postponed by unspecified payload issue

May 27, 2016 Justin Ray

Payload readiness has delayed next weekend’s planned Delta 4-Heavy rocket launch for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Delta 4

Photos and video: Payload mated to Delta 4-Heavy rocket for upcoming launch

May 24, 2016 Justin Ray

Shielded from view within the protective rocket nose cone, a covert surveillance satellite has been mounted atop a Delta 4-Heavy rocket for launch June 4.

Delta 4

Delta 4-Heavy passes countdown rehearsal for upcoming NRO launch

April 15, 2016 Justin Ray

Successfully put through its countdown paces in a critical pre-flight test Thursday, America’s largest rocket currently in service moved closer to a June launch for the U.S. intelligence community.

Delta 4

Delta 4-Heavy goes to launch pad for national security flight

March 8, 2016 Justin Ray

Rolling toward a mid-May deployment of a clandestine spy satellite, United Launch Alliance’s triple-body Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved from its Cape Canaveral assembly building to pad 37B yesterday.

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Photos: WGS 7 readied for launch

July 18, 2015 Justin Ray

This collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite No. 7 being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket for launch July 22.

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Stats: Atlas 5 and Delta 4 histories and backlogs (updated April 20)

April 21, 2015 Justin Ray

Here’s a look by the numbers of the previous Atlas 5 and Delta 4 flight histories and the manifests for both rockets.

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ULA working to reduce five launch pads to two

April 9, 2015 Justin Ray

The nation’s existing Atlas and Delta launch sites are vying for a future when United Launch Alliance completes its modernization with a new rocket system and downsizing to one pad on each coast.

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Stats: Delta 4 history and backlog (updated March 30)

March 31, 2015 Justin Ray

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

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Photos: More shots of Delta 4 liftoff

March 26, 2015 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket roars off the pad with the Global Positioning System 2F-9 satellite. Photos by ULA.

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News Headlines

  • Starlink mission marks SpaceX’s 450th flight-proven Falcon booster launched
    August 3, 2025
  • NASA, SpaceX ‘thread the clouds’ to launch Crew-11 to the International Space Station
    August 1, 2025
  • Launch preview: SpaceX, NASA launches Crew-11 following 1-day weather scrub
    July 31, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 29, 2025
  • SpaceX, NASA conduct static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch
    July 28, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into a polar orbit
    July 26, 2025
  • Crew-11 astronauts, cosmonaut arrive in Florida ahead of launch to the space station
    July 26, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    July 25, 2025
  • Amazon says $139.5 million investment in Florida is key to ramping up launch cadence with Project Kuiper
    July 24, 2025
  • NASA probes to study how the solar wind triggers potentially dangerous ‘space weather’
    July 23, 2025
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