ULA Delta IV Heavy NROL-71 will Launch January 6, 2019

The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-71 mission will launch no earlier than Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019.

The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Julie Arnold, ULA Communications photo

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