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Delta 4

Live coverage: Tonight’s Delta 4 countdown and launch journal

August 17, 2016 Justin Ray

A pair of Air Force surveillance satellites headed to geosynchronous orbit today to reconnoiter the high ground, departing Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 GMT). It is the 375th Delta rocket flight since 1960.

Delta 4

Preview: Two space informants to be launched to geosynchronous orbit

August 16, 2016 Justin Ray

The Air Force will launch a second pair of small security probes 22,300 miles above the Earth using a Delta 4 rocket on Friday to alert ground controllers of impending space collisions and monitor potential meddling with U.S. orbiting assets.

Delta 4

Timeline: Delta 4/GSSAP launch events

August 16, 2016 Justin Ray

Follow the unclassified portion of the Delta 4 rocket’s ascent to space from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad with the U.S. Air Force’s two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites.

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Weather outlook good for Friday’s early morning Delta 4 launch

August 15, 2016 Justin Ray

Air Force meteorologists are giving favorable weather odds for the Delta 4 rocket to launch a pair of space surveillance satellites early Friday morning from Cape Canaveral.

Delta 4

Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launch

August 12, 2016 Justin Ray

The two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites for the U.S. military are mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket. Liftoff is planned for Aug. 19 from Cape Canaveral.

Delta 4

Air Force satellite duo mated to Delta 4 rocket for next week’s launch

August 9, 2016 Justin Ray

Two space informants to track objects in geosynchronous orbit have been mounted atop their Delta 4 launch vehicle for liftoff Aug. 19.

Delta 4

Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day rehearsal for its next Air Force mission

July 30, 2016 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise this week to prepare for its Aug. 19 liftoff to deliver a pair of orbital surveillance satellites into space.

Delta 4

Delta 4 rolls out for second launch in ‘neighborhood watch’ effort

July 6, 2016 Justin Ray

Just three weeks after the Delta 4-Heavy rocket left the launch pad on its way to a successful satellite-deployment mission for U.S. national security, a smaller booster in the family has rolled out for its August military flight.

Atlas 5

2016 manifest preview: United Launch Alliance’s busy year ahead

January 2, 2016 Justin Ray

Some of America’s most critical surveillance satellites, final members of other spacecraft series and a probe that will touch an asteroid are among 15 rocket flights planned by United Launch Alliance in 2016.

Delta 4 Launch
Delta 4

Space surveillance craft launched by Delta 4 rocket

July 28, 2014 Spaceflight Now

A pair of covertly developed inspector satellites to monitor collision threats and nefarious activities in geosynchronous orbit for U.S. Strategic Command blasted off aboard a Delta 4 rocket.

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