United Launch Alliance

NROL-70

Success

Delta IV Heavy

T-minus to liftoff

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Tuesday April 9 2024, 16:53:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleDelta IV Heavy

OrbitGeostationary Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 37B

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Mission

Classified payload for the NRO. Last flight of the Delta IV Heavy rocket.

Quick facts

VehicleDelta IV Heavy

OrbitGeostationary Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 37B

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday April 9 2024, 16:53:00 UTC→Tuesday April 9 2024, 22:51:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyDelta

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United Launch Alliance

NROL-70

Success

Delta IV Heavy

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

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00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Tuesday April 9 2024, 16:53:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go4%

VehicleDelta IV Heavy

OrbitGeostationary Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 37B

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

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Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.532, -80.565

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Mission

Classified payload for the NRO. Last flight of the Delta IV Heavy rocket.

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go4%LL2 Go90%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud21%Temp25°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 16774 m, mean 4864 m, 100% cover, freezing 4577 m · max cloud-top 16774 m above freezing 4577 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · 6 high-cloud pixels (≥10 km top); nearest 8.7 nmi · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus rather than active anvil

Quick facts

VehicleDelta IV Heavy

OrbitGeostationary Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 37B

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday April 9 2024, 16:53:00 UTC→Tuesday April 9 2024, 22:51:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyDelta

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.532, -80.565

Scrub riskHIGH

Go4%

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go4%LL2 Go90%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud21%Temp25°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 16774 m, mean 4864 m, 100% cover, freezing 4577 m · max cloud-top 16774 m above freezing 4577 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · 6 high-cloud pixels (≥10 km top); nearest 8.7 nmi · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus rather than active anvil