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href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/04/">April 9, 2024</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/will-the-robinson-smith/">Will Robinson-Smith</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>The issue with a gaseous nitrogen pipeline that caused the late March launch scrub was able to be resolved, according to NASA and its contractor, Air Liquide. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 37 occurred at 12:53 p.m. EDT (1653 UTC). <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/04/09/live-coverage-ula-to-launch-final-delta-4-heavy-rocket-from-cape-canaveral/" title="ULA concludes six decades of Delta rocket flights with final Delta 4 Heavy mission"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-65758 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-delta-4 category-mission-reports category-news-archive tag-delta-4-heavy tag-nro tag-nrol-70 tag-ula"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/28/live-coverage-ula-nro-to-launch-final-delta-4-heavy-rocket/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Delta_IV_Heavy_SFN-326x245.jpg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Delta_IV_Heavy_SFN-326x245.jpg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Delta_IV_Heavy_SFN-80x60.jpg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Delta 4 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/28/live-coverage-ula-nro-to-launch-final-delta-4-heavy-rocket/" title="High winds, gaseous nitrogen pump failure force scrub of the final launch of Delta 4 Heavy minutes before liftoff" rel="bookmark"> High winds, gaseous nitrogen pump failure force scrub of the final launch of Delta 4 Heavy minutes before liftoff </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/">March 28, 2024</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/will-the-robinson-smith/">Will Robinson-Smith</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>The 16th and last launch of the Delta 4 Heavy configuration also marks the end of Delta line of launch vehicles. NROL-70 with be the 389th Delta launch since 1960 and 45th Delta 4 rocket. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/28/live-coverage-ula-nro-to-launch-final-delta-4-heavy-rocket/" title="High winds, gaseous nitrogen pump failure force scrub of the final launch of Delta 4 Heavy minutes before liftoff"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-62518 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-delta-4 category-mission-reports category-news-archive"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/06/22/delta-4-heavy-nrol-68-coverage/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230622d4hitlquick-326x245.jpg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" 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href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/06/20/ulas-delta-rocket-assembly-line-falls-silent/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230620d4decatur-326x245.jpg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230620d4decatur-326x245.jpg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230620d4decatur-300x225.jpg 300w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230620d4decatur-678x509.jpg 678w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230620d4decatur-768x576.jpg 768w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230620d4decatur-80x60.jpg 80w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230620d4decatur.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Delta 4 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/06/20/ulas-delta-rocket-assembly-line-falls-silent/" title="ULA’s Delta rocket assembly line falls silent" rel="bookmark"> ULA’s Delta rocket assembly line falls silent </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/06/">June 20, 2023</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/">Stephen Clark</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>United Launch Alliance has closed its Delta rocket assembly line in Alabama after the 389th and last Delta rocket rolled out of the factory for the journey to its launch base in Florida, clearing real estate in ULA’s sprawling manufacturing center for the next-generation Vulcan launch vehicle. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/06/20/ulas-delta-rocket-assembly-line-falls-silent/" title="ULA’s Delta rocket assembly line falls silent"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-61371 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-delta-4 category-mission-reports category-news-archive tag-delta-4 tag-delta-4-heavy tag-launch tag-national-reconnaissance-office tag-national-security-space-launch tag-nrol-68 tag-slc-37 tag-united-launch-alliance tag-us-space-force"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/03/22/penultimate-delta-rocket-to-launch-next-month-on-ulas-first-mission-of-2023/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322d4hlift-326x245.jpg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322d4hlift-326x245.jpg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322d4hlift-678x509.jpg 678w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230322d4hlift-80x60.jpg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Delta 4 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/03/22/penultimate-delta-rocket-to-launch-next-month-on-ulas-first-mission-of-2023/" title="Penultimate Delta rocket to launch next month on ULA’s first mission of 2023" rel="bookmark"> Penultimate Delta rocket to launch next month on ULA’s first mission of 2023 </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/03/">March 22, 2023</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/">Stephen Clark</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>United Launch Alliance鈥檚 second-to-last Delta 4-Heavy rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral April 20 with a classified cargo for the U.S. government鈥檚 spy satellite agency, a mission that will mark ULA鈥檚 first flight of the year, officials announced this week. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/03/22/penultimate-delta-rocket-to-launch-next-month-on-ulas-first-mission-of-2023/" title="Penultimate Delta rocket to launch next month on ULA’s first mission of 2023"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-60303 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-atlas5 category-delta-4 category-falcon-9 category-falcon-heavy category-mission-reports category-news-archive"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/02/military-officials-forecast-87-launches-from-floridas-space-coast-in-2023/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230102rangeforecast-326x245.jpg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230102rangeforecast-326x245.jpg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230102rangeforecast-678x509.jpg 678w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230102rangeforecast-80x60.jpg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Atlas 5 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/02/military-officials-forecast-87-launches-from-floridas-space-coast-in-2023/" title="Military officials forecast 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023" rel="bookmark"> Military officials forecast 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023 </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/">January 2, 2023</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/">Stephen Clark</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>The U.S. Space Force is preparing for as many as 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023, including dozens more SpaceX missions and the expected debuts of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Relativity’s Terran 1 rockets. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/02/military-officials-forecast-87-launches-from-floridas-space-coast-in-2023/" title="Military officials forecast 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-60177 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-delta-4 category-falcon-9 category-mission-reports category-news-archive"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/17/falcon-9-starlink-4-37-launch/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221217launch2-326x245.jpeg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221217launch2-326x245.jpeg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221217launch2-678x509.jpeg 678w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221217launch2-80x60.jpeg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Delta 4 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/17/falcon-9-starlink-4-37-launch/" title="SpaceX booster launches for record 15th time on Starlink mission" rel="bookmark"> SpaceX booster launches for record 15th time on Starlink mission </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/">December 17, 2022</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/">Stephen Clark</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>SpaceX launched 54 more Starlink internet satellites Saturday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, using a Falcon 9 booster on its 15th flight to space, a record for the company’s reusable rocket fleet. The mission was also the third Falcon 9 rocket flight in less than 34 hours from SpaceX’s three active launch pads in less. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/17/falcon-9-starlink-4-37-launch/" title="SpaceX booster launches for record 15th time on Starlink mission"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-59015 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-delta-4 category-mission-reports category-news-archive"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/24/delta-4-heavy-rocket-deploys-spy-satellite-on-final-planned-mission-from-slick-six-launch-pad/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924d4hhill-326x245.jpg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924d4hhill-326x245.jpg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924d4hhill-678x509.jpg 678w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924d4hhill-80x60.jpg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Delta 4 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/24/delta-4-heavy-rocket-deploys-spy-satellite-on-final-planned-mission-from-slick-six-launch-pad/" title="Delta 4-Heavy rocket deploys spysat on final planned mission from ‘Slick Six’" rel="bookmark"> Delta 4-Heavy rocket deploys spysat on final planned mission from ‘Slick Six’ </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/">September 24, 2022</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/">Stephen Clark</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>United Launch Alliance sent a triple-core Delta 4-Heavy with a top secret U.S. government spy satellite into orbit Saturday from California’s Central Coast, closing out a chapter in the tangled history of a launch pad originally built to support military astronaut missions on Titan rockets and space shuttles. Two more Delta 4-Heavy rockets are left in ULA’s inventory for launches in 2023 and 2024 from Cape Canaveral. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/24/delta-4-heavy-rocket-deploys-spy-satellite-on-final-planned-mission-from-slick-six-launch-pad/" title="Delta 4-Heavy rocket deploys spysat on final planned mission from ‘Slick Six’"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-58965 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-delta-4 category-mission-reports category-news-archive"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/24/delta-4-heavy-nrol-91-mission-status-center/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924nrol91quick1-326x245.jpeg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924nrol91quick1-326x245.jpeg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924nrol91quick1-678x509.jpeg 678w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220924nrol91quick1-80x60.jpeg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Delta 4 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/24/delta-4-heavy-nrol-91-mission-status-center/" title="Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches from California" rel="bookmark"> Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches from California </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/">September 24, 2022</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/">Stephen Clark</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:25 p.m. PDT (6:25 p.m. EDT; 2225 GMT) Saturday with a classified spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency. The heavy-lifter launched for the final time from California, with two more Delta 4-Heavy flights remaining from Cape Canaveral before the rocket’s retirement. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/24/delta-4-heavy-nrol-91-mission-status-center/" title="Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches from California"></a></p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article class="mh-posts-list-item clearfix post-58977 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-delta-4 category-mission-reports category-news-archive"> <figure class="mh-posts-list-thumb"> <a class="mh-thumb-icon mh-thumb-icon-small-mobile" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/23/photos-delta-4-heavy-rocket-on-the-launch-pad-in-california/"><img width="326" height="245" src="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220923deltanrol91-4-326x245.jpg" class="attachment-mh-magazine-medium size-mh-magazine-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220923deltanrol91-4-326x245.jpg 326w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220923deltanrol91-4-678x509.jpg 678w, https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220923deltanrol91-4-80x60.jpg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px" /> </a> <div class="mh-image-caption mh-posts-list-caption"> Delta 4 </div> </figure> <div class="mh-posts-list-content clearfix"> <header class="mh-posts-list-header"> <h3 class="entry-title mh-posts-list-title"> <a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/23/photos-delta-4-heavy-rocket-on-the-launch-pad-in-california/" title="Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket on the launch pad in California" rel="bookmark"> Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket on the launch pad in California </a> </h3> <div class="mh-meta entry-meta"> <span class="entry-meta-date updated"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/">September 23, 2022</a></span> <span class="entry-meta-author author vcard"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="fn" href="https://spaceflightnow.com/author/stephen-clark/">Stephen Clark</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="mh-posts-list-excerpt clearfix"> <div class="mh-excerpt"><p>These views show United Launch Alliance’s 233-foot-tall Delta 4-Heavy rocket standing on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the eve of liftoff with a classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. 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