Delta IV Set to Launch National Reconnaissance Office Satellite Saturday Written 25 September 2020
A ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket raised to the vertical position; NASA
Spaceflight Now reports that ULA “gave the go-ahead Thursday to continue preparations for a third try to send aloft a Delta 4-Heavy rocket and a top secret U.S. government spy satellite from Cape Canaveral early Saturday.” ULA “convened a Launch Readiness Review on Thursday morning to assess the status of launch preparations, the Delta 4-Heavy rocket, the rocket’s clandestine payload, and ground systems. Officials gave a unanimous ‘go’ to continue preps to launch the heavy-lift rocket.” The rocket is scheduled to lift off at 12:14 a.m. EDT Saturday from pad 37B.
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