ULA Delta IV Heavy Scrub Statement

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Aug. 29, 2020 The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was scrubbed today due to an unexpected condition during terminal count at approximately three seconds before liftoff. The team is currently reviewing all data and will determine Read More

Update: ULA Delta IV Heavy Scrub Statement – set for Saturday

(Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Aug. 27, 2020)– The launch of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy NROL-44 mission is now set for Sat., Aug. 29. Additional time is needed for the team to validate the appropriate path forward with the ground pneumatics control system. The launch will take place from Space Launch Read More

First Look Photos of NROL-44 Delta Heavy before roll out from historic pad 34 site of Apollo 1 tragedy

Due to the high security around this ULA Delta IV NROL-44 for the National Reconnaissance Office media were allowed to set remote cameras on historic pad 34 overlooking pad 37 for the early morning August 27th 2020 2:12 AM EDT or 6:12 UTC. The distance between LC-34 to LC-37 is approximately a half mile. Photos Read More

ULA Delta IV Heavy launch forecast summary for August 27, 2020

Everything is progressing toward the ULA Delta IV Heavy launch carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The mission is set to lift off on Thursday, Aug. 27 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Today’s forecast shows an 80 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. Read More

ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-44 mission delayed

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office is delayed due to customer request. photo copyright Scott Schilke spacenews.lu Launch is now scheduled for 2:12 a.m. EDT, on Aug. 27, 2020. Heather McFarland- photo Scott Schilke spacenews.lu Read More

ULA Delta IV Heavy launch carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office -26 August 2020 preview

Everything is progressing toward the ULA Delta IV Heavy launch carrying the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The mission is set to lift off on Wednesday, August 26 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. photos copyright Scott Schilke Spacenews.lu Today’s forecast shows a 70 percent chance of Read More

SES Luxembourg picks SpaceX to launch four additional O3b mPOWER satellites

SES's next-generation MEO communications system to scale and deliver proven low-latency, high-performance connectivity services as of 2021 photo business wire SES announced today that it has selected SpaceX as a launch partner to deliver the four newly-ordered O3b mPOWER spacecraft of its next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) communications system. Just like the initial seven O3b Read More

The 99th launch & 100th mission for SpaceX Starlink 10 (11) was a huge success – with photos

The 99th launch & 100th mission for SpaceX Starlink 10 (11) was a huge success from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Florida 10:31 AM EDT or 14:31 UTC August 18th 2020! Mission and launch highlights are: First stage booster B-1049.6 flew & landed for the 6th time a first for SpaceX. Five landings on Read More