Delta IV Heavy | NROL-70
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.
NROL-70
Classified payload for the NRO. Last flight of the Delta IV Heavy rocket.
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 15
Consecutive Success 15
Maiden Flight 2004-12-21
Launch Failures 1
Updates
SwGustav
2024-04-09T23:19:12+0000
Launch success confirmed
hitura-nobad
2024-04-09T16:53:39+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2024-04-09T16:21:11+0000
Official Webcast by United Launch Alliance has started
hitura-nobad
2024-04-08T12:33:09+0000
Weather 90% GO
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-02T18:11:05+0000
Rescheduled for April 9.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-31T15:36:37+0000
NET April 8.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-31T07:03:33+0000
Delayed beyond April 1st UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-29T00:26:32+0000
NET April 1st.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-29T00:06:08+0000
Delayed beyond March 29, TBD.
hitura-nobad
2024-03-28T19:52:56+0000
Setting GO
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-28T18:49:52+0000
Scrubbed for the day, caused by a GN2 pipeline ground pump failure.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-28T18:43:16+0000
Hold at T-3:58.
LL2
2024-03-28T18:12:48+0000
Official Webcast by United Launch Alliance has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-28T16:00:10+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-28T15:29:31+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-25T14:57:20+0000
Weather 30% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-24T15:11:18+0000
Launch time confirmed by NRO.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-23T03:59:10+0000
Added tentative launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-12T15:02:22+0000
NET March 28.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-09-12T18:08:55+0000
NET March 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-21T03:09:07+0000
NET February 2024.
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