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The Delta family of rockets is concluding its 60-year legacy, while a new spacecraft from a legacy space company prepares for its astronaut debut. Millions are still enjoying the recent total solar eclipse, and a new military weather satellite is set to enter service. The hour-long live show "News from the Press Site" will feature discussions on these topics, including the eclipse and the final Delta 4 Heavy launch.
United Launch Alliance launched its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy rocket, carrying a classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. The launch marked the end of a storied era in U.S. rocketry, with the Delta 4 family dating back to the dawn of the space age. The satellite's mission and details were kept classified, but it is believed to be an advanced signals intelligence satellite bound for a geosynchronous orbit. The retirement of the Delta 4 Heavy paves the way for United Launch Alliance's transition to the next-generation Vulcan rockets.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is set to launch the final Delta 4 Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral after resolving an issue with a gaseous nitrogen pump that caused a previous scrub. The NROL-70 mission, carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, will provide needed capabilities on the ground. ULA's Vulcan rocket will replace the Delta 4 Heavy, with plans for upcoming missions, including the launch of the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test.
SpaceX launched 47 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California using a Falcon 9 rocket, while United Launch Alliance's Delta 4 Heavy rocket carried a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite from Florida. The Falcon 9 used a first stage booster making its fourth flight, while the Delta 4 Heavy put on a spectacular pre-dawn show visible for miles around. The Delta's first stage boosters are not reusable and all three simply fell into the ocean after separation.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellite on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The launch was ULA's first of 2023 and the Delta 4 Heavy's 15th and penultimate launch before its expected retirement. The NRO requested that ULA end the webcast after the nose fairing was jettisoned. ULA is under contract to launch one more NRO satellite on the Delta 4 Heavy in 2024 before retiring it and replacing it with the new Vulcan Centaur rocket.
United Launch Alliance's Delta 4-Heavy rocket is set to launch a classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office on Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission, codenamed NROL-68, was delayed by a day due to a valve problem. The Advanced Orion satellite is believed to intercept telephone calls, data transmissions, and other types of communication by U.S. adversaries. The launch will be the second-to-last flight of the Delta rocket, which is being retired in favor of the new-generation Vulcan launch vehicle.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has delayed the launch of its Delta 4-Heavy rocket carrying a classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) due to a problem with a ground systems pneumatics valve. The launch has been rescheduled for Thursday, with an 80% chance of favorable conditions. The NRO's Advanced Orion satellites are believed to intercept telephone calls, data transmissions, and other types of communication by U.S. adversaries. ULA is retiring the Delta family of rockets in favor of the new-generation Vulcan launch vehicle, which is scheduled to make its first test flight later this year from Cape Canaveral.