A ULA Delta IV Heavy launching a previous NRO mission from Vandenberg AFB, CA. Photo Credit: Robert C. Fisher / AmericaSpace
– Last updated Dec 8, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m. EST
NEXT U.S. LAUNCH:
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– Mission: United Launch Alliance (ULA) / Classified NROL-71
– Launch Vehicle: Delta IV Heavy Rocket
– Launch Site: SLC-6 / Vandenberg AFB, CA
United Launch Alliance will launch a 233-foot tall Delta IV rocket, pushing 2.1 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, to deliver a classified national security satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Code named NROL-71, the mission will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base SLC-6 in southern California.
Liftoff is scheduled for Saturday, Dec 8 at 8:06 p.m. PT (4:06 GMT).
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2018 U.S. LAUNCH MANIFEST ( company / rocket / payload / launch time )
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station & Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- DEC 18: SpaceX / Falcon 9 rocket / GPS 3-01 FOR USAF / TBD
- TBD: Northrop Grumman / Pegasus XL rocket / NASA’s ICON satellite / 4:00am – 5:30am EDT
- JAN 17: SpaceX / Falcon 9 rocket / Crew Dragon Demo-1 (uncrewed) / TBD
- JAN 23: ULA / Delta IV rocket / WGS-10 for USAF / TBD
- EARLY 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 / CRS-17 / TBD
- EARLY 2019: SpaceX / Falcon Heavy / Arabsat 6A / TBD
- MARCH 2019: ULA / Atlas V rocket / Boeing Starliner Crew Demo (uncrewed) / TBD
- APRIL 2019: ULA / Delta IV / GPS 3-02 / TBD
- MAY 2019: SpaceX / Falcon 9 / CRS-18 / TBD
– Will be updated as schedules become more certain.
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
- DEC 8: ULA / Delta IV Heavy rocket / Classified NROL-71 / 8:06pm PT
- JAN 7: SpaceX / Falcon 9 Rocket / Iridium NEXT 66-75 / 7:53am PT
