United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket launched for the final time, marking the end of six decades of service by the Delta family of rockets. The rocket carried an intelligence satellite to a geostationary orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
April 9 LIVE Broadcast: Delta IV Heavy NROL-70 United Launch Alliance ’s Delta IV Heavy rocket launch ed for the final time on Tuesday, bringing an end six decades of service by the Delta family of rockets.
Related You can watch footage of the launch via the video player embedded at the top of this page. It shows a close-up of the rocket’s engines firing up and pushing the vehicle skyward with 2.1 million pounds of thrust.
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