Launch is targeted for 2:45 p.m. ET
ABOVE VIDEO: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket is launching the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This is the 16th and final launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket.
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket on Thursday carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Launch is targeted for 2:45 p.m. EDT.
This is the 16th and final launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket.
The NRO develops and operates the world’s most capable and innovative overhead reconnaissance systems to collect intelligence for U.S. national security, and to support disaster relief and humanitarian efforts.
The NROL-70 mission will strengthen the NRO’s ability to provide a wide-range of timely intelligence information to national decision makers, warfighters, and intelligence analysts to protect the nation’s vital interests and support humanitarian efforts worldwide.
Space Launch Complex-37, the East Coast home of the Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, is a classic launch pad design with a Fixed Umbilical Tower (FUT) and a Mobile Service Tower (MST).
The core stages of the rocket are assembled in the nearby Horizontal Integration Facility, then rolled to the pad for attachment of the payload, final testing and the countdown.
The mobile gantry is retracted to unveil the rocket several hours before liftoff.
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.
The post WATCH LIVE: ULA Set to Launch Final Delta IV Heavy Rocket Thursday Afternoon from Cape Canaveral appeared first on Space Coast Daily.