samedi 11 juin 2016

Launch of Worlds Largest Rocket Delta IV Heavy with NROL-37












NRO / ULA - NROL-37 Mission patch.

June 11, 2016

Delta IV rocket launch (illustration image)

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the NROL-37 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 at 1:51 p.m. EDT.

Delta 4 Heavy carrying NROL-37 liftoff, video capture by Carl Atkinson

Rocket/Payload:  A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy will launch the NROL-37 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). NROL-37 will be the 32nd Delta IV mission since the vehicle’s inaugural launch in 2002, and the 10th NRO mission to launch on Delta IV.

ULA - NROL-37 Mission poster

Mission Description:

The mission will be launched for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of national defense (USA).

For more information about United Launch Alliance (ULA), visit: http://www.ulalaunch.com/

Images, Video, Text, Credits: ULA/Carl Atkinson/YouTube.

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