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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.

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.

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,

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.

Photos: Delta 4-Heavy on the pad Wednesday

June 8, 2016 Justin Ray

On the eve of its scheduled flight for U.S. national security interests, the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands quietly inside the protective gantry at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 pad.

Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy countdown and launch journal

June 8, 2016 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 1:51 p.m. EDT (1751 GMT) today to haul a classified satellite into space for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Follow the mission in our live journal.

Surveillance satellite launching Thursday atop Delta 4-Heavy rocket

June 7, 2016 Justin Ray

One of the largest satellites in the world will launch aboard America’s biggest operational booster Thursday, riding that power to a listening post 22,300 miles above the planet for its clandestine eavesdropping mission, all indications suggest.

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.

Weather 40 percent ‘go’ for Delta 4-Heavy

June 6, 2016 Justin Ray

After tropical weather passes through Florida to start the week, meteorologists say there is a 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions for the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket to fly Thursday from Cape Canaveral with a reconnaissance satellite payload for the U.S. government.

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.