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October 6, 2024

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[ October 4, 2024 ] ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly News
[ October 3, 2024 ] Live coverage: ULA to launch second test flight of its Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Mission Reports
[ October 2, 2024 ] ESA’s Hera mission progresses towards launch pending Falcon 9 readiness Falcon 9
[ September 30, 2024 ] ULA rolls its Vulcan rocket to the launch pad ahead of second test flight Mission Reports
[ September 29, 2024 ] SpaceX grounds its Falcon rocket fleet after upper stage misfire Falcon 9

Surveillance photos reveal apparent explosion on Iranian launch pad

August 30, 2019 Stephen Clark

A day after commercial satellite images revealed a smoke plume over an Iranian launch pad, President Trump tweeted a remarkably high-resolution aerial photograph of the remote satellite launch facility Friday — apparently from a classified satellite or airborne drone — and denied U.S. involvement in the accident.

Videos: Delta 4-Heavy launch flashback

June 7, 2016 Justin Ray

Get a preview of Thursday’s United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket flight in these video highlights packages from previous missions by the big booster for NASA and the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.