Delta IV Heavy | NROL-68

Delta IV Heavy | NROL-68

Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

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United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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NROL-68

Classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.

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Delta IV Heavy


Height 72.00 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 14210 kg

Liftoff Thrust 8674 kN

Diameter 5.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 28370 kg

Liftoff Mass 733 Tonnes


Launch Success 14

Consecutive Success 14

Maiden Flight 2004-12-21

Launch Failures 1


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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-22T15:47:31+0000

Launch success.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-22T09:18:19+0000

Liftoff.

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LL2

2023-06-22T08:54:18+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-22T06:51:40+0000

Updated weather.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-22T05:38:36+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-22T05:11:42+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-21T05:40:42+0000

Scrubbed for the day, 24 hours recycle.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-21T05:25:13+0000

Countdown in unplanned hold while pre-launch checks continue.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-21T03:34:29+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-18T14:30:39+0000

Updated weather forecast.

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Nosu

2023-06-17T15:21:30+0000

Weather 70%

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-14T17:22:41+0000

Updated T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-06-07T22:46:13+0000

Added launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-28T11:48:38+0000

Reverted launch time estimates; apparently was in error.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-27T06:40:43+0000

Added launch time.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-23T17:53:47+0000

NET June 21.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-04-25T07:47:04+0000

NET May 2023

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-04-06T17:02:11+0000

Delayed due to valve issue.

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Nosu

2023-03-21T20:26:09+0000

NET April 20

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Nosu

2023-03-14T14:59:31+0000

NET April

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-03-11T19:55:53+0000

NET 1H 2023

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Nosu

2022-10-27T04:27:03+0000

NET March

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