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PHOTOS: Delta-IV Launches Multinational WGS-9 Into Twilight Skies

By Craig Covault, on March 19th, 2017

Liftoff of the U.S. Air Force WGS-9 satellite atop a ULA Delta-IV rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS Saturday night at 8:18pm EDT. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace.com

U.S. and allied military broadband satellite communications will be significantly bolstered by the successful launch from Cape Canaveral AFS of the Boeing/U.S. Air Force WGS-9 Wideband […]

Delta IV to Launch WGS-9 This Saturday After RS-68 Engine Problem

By Craig Covault, on March 16th, 2017

ULA is scheduled to launch a Delta-IV rocket with the U.S. Air Force WGS-9 satellite just after sunset this Saturday, March 18, from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral AFS, FL. In this photo, a ULA Delta-IV lofts the WGS-7 satellite from the same location. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

A United Launch Alliance Delta-IV […]

Delta IV Using Upgraded RS-68A Engine Launches Advanced USAF WGS-7 Satcom

By Craig Covault, on July 24th, 2015

A spectacular sunset launch from Cape Canaveral by a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ rocket placed the U. S. Air Force/ Boeing WGS-7 Wideband Global SATCOM into super synchronous transfer orbit July 23, after a 24 hr. delay due to dangerous thunderstorms in the area. Photo Credit: Talia Landman / AmericaSpace

A spectacular […]

Delta IV Stands Ready for Air Force's 'Neighborhood Watch' Mission

By Ben Evans, on July 21st, 2014

The most recent Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) vehicle lofted the sixth GPS Block IIF satellite on 17 May 2014. The vehicle tasked for the AFSPC-4 mission will be a similar configuration, with a 13-foot (4-meter) payload fairing and twin Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM)-60. Photo Credit: John Studwell/AmericaSpace

On its eighth mission of a marathon […]

Faulty Valve Replacement Delays ULA's Next Delta IV Launch

By Ben Evans, on October 2nd, 2013

The Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-5 is moved onto a transporter on 17 September 2013, whilst in clean room conditions at the Navstar Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo Credit: Boeing

With a launch-heavy weekend behind us—Sunday, 29 September having seen both the successful maiden flight of SpaceX’s […]

Final J-2X Test-Fire Conducted at A-1 Test Stand, NASA / Aerojet Rocketdyne Ready to Test RS-25

By Scott Johnson, on September 8th, 2013

One final test for J-2X Engine No. 10002. Photo Credit: NASA / Stennis Space Center

BAY ST. LOUIS, Ms — On Thursday, Sept. 5, NASA along with Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted a test firing of a J-2X rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The hot-fire was conducted in order to test the engine for […]

Giant Delta IV Heavy Boosts Classified NROL-65 Payload into Orbit

By Ben Evans, on August 28th, 2013

It has been over two years since Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., last played host to the world’s largest and most powerful rocket in active service. The scorching of the Delta IV Heavy in the seconds after liftoff is readily apparent in this view. Photo Credit: Robert C. Fisher / AmericaSpace

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Mammoth Delta IV Heavy Primed for Wednesday Mission to Launch Classified NROL-65 Satellite

By Ben Evans, on August 27th, 2013

It has been over two years since Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., last played host to the world’s largest and most powerful rocket in active service. The scorching of the Delta IV Heavy in the seconds after liftoff is readily apparent in this NROL-49 ascent view. Photo Credit: National Reconnaissance Office

It has been […]

Take Back the Night: Launch Images of Delta IV with WGS-6

By Jason Rhian, on August 11th, 2013

Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — On Aug. 7, 2013, the AmericaSpace team headed to meet representatives from the United States Air Force’s 45th Space Wing as well as those from United Launch Alliance (ULA) in preparation for the launch of ULA’s Delta IV Medium with the Wideband Global Satcom […]

Light & Sound: The Launch of ULA Delta IV Rocket with WGS-6

By Jason Rhian, on August 8th, 2013

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Video courtesy of AmericaSpace / Wired4Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Given the recent rains in the area, many of the media that assembled to cover the launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket were concerned with the mosquitoes that would assail them in the marshes where they […]

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