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AmericaSpace image ULA United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex NROL-65 photo credit Robert C. Fisher
The scorching of the Delta IV Heavy in the seconds after liftoff is readily apparent in this NROL-49 ascent view.
Photo Credit: Robert C. Fisher / AmericaSpace

Launch of Delta IV Heavy with payload NROL-71


Video credit: United Launch Alliance


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Launch of NROL-71 on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Vandenberg AFB, CA launch complex SLC-6
Launch scheduled for 9 Dec 18 at 4:15 GMT
Local time 8 Dec 18 at 8:15pm Pacific

United Launch Alliance will launch a Delta IV rocket carrying the classified security satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Code named NROL-71 the mission will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Vase in California.

The Delta IV Heavy will be the 11th to launch in this configuration with a triple core booster and Delta Cryogenic Second Stage.
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Posts associated with the NROL mission

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  • ULA to Launch NROL-42 ‘Trumpet’ Eavesdropping Satellite from Vandenberg Thursday
  • PHOTOS: SpaceX Launches First Classified Mission, Lands Fourth Falcon on Dry Land
  • NRO 76 Launch To Put SpaceX Deep In ULA Territory Sunday
  • Vandenberg Atlas-V Lofts NRO-79 Ocean Surveillance Satellites
  • Atlas-V NRO-79 Intruder Mission Readied For Wednesday Launch To Track Ships
  • Successful NRO/ULA NRO-61 Launch Bolsters Secret Relay
  • Top-Secret NRO-61 Relay Set for Liftoff Thursday as MUOS-5 Finally Climbing to Orbit
  • Spectacular Delta-IV Heavy Lofts Secret NRO 37 Eavesdropper
  • Mammoth Eavesdropping Satellite Set for Launch Atop Delta-IV Heavy
  • ULA & USAF Dazzle West Coast with Delta-IV Night Launch of NRO-45 Topaz-4 Satellite
  • Vandenberg Readies Secret NRO Topaz Imaging Radar Satellite for ULA Delta-IV Launch Feb. 10
  • Atlas-V Flies NROL-55’s Twin Ocean Surveillance Satellites as Air Force Declares Situational Awareness Spacecraft Operational
  • Thursday’s Atlas-V NRO-55 Launch to Revitalize Ocean Surveillance Assets and Multiple Space Technologies
  • Secretive Vandenberg Launch Caps 14-Mission Banner Year for ULA
  • Vandenberg’s Most Powerful Atlas V Mission to Shake West Coast Launch Site on Thursday
  • ULA Delivers Classified NRO Satellite to Orbit on Company’s Second Launch in Less Than a Week
  • PHOTOS: Powerhouse Atlas-V Rocket Launches NROL-67 on Secret Mission
  • Atlas V Launches Classified NROL-67 Satellite Into Orbit
  • Delayed Atlas V Ready for Classified NROL-67 Mission Thursday
  • Downrange Radar Tracking Problems Push Secretive NROL-67 Launch to NET April 10
  • Secretive NROL-67 Payload Awaits Tuesday Launch Atop Atlas V
  • Atlas V Successfully Launches Classified NROL-39 Payload Into Orbit for National Reconnaissance Office
  • ULA Prepares for Fifth Atlas V 501 Mission to Deliver Classified NROL-39 Payload to Orbit
  • Giant Delta IV Heavy Boosts Classified NROL-65 Payload into Orbit
  • Mammoth Delta IV Heavy Primed for Wednesday Mission to Launch Classified NROL-65 Satellite

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