Delta IV Heavy to Launch NROL-37
Delta IV Heavy to Launch NROL-37

Delta IV Heavy to Launch NROL-37

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy will launch the NROL-37 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Thursday, June 9, 2016, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Launch is planned for 1:59 p.m. EDT (17:59 GMT).

The Delta-4 Heavy is the largest of a family of expendable workhorse rockets, using two additional rocket booster cores operating at full thrust during liftoff.

It is the most powerful version of the Delta IV rockets.

A launch was originally scheduled for June 5, but had to be postponed because of a “last minute unspecified payload issue,” according to Universe Today.

The launch of the spy satellite Thursday will be the 32nd Delta 4 mission since the rocket’s inaugural launch in 2002.

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) was formed in 1960 at the recommendation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Agencies/Canadajournal




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