WATCH: United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy Rocket Launches from Cape Canaveral

By  //  December 10, 2020

launching from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

ABOVE VIDEO: Watch live as ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral with the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Launch is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. EST on Thurs., Dec. 10, 2020. Broadcast is scheduled for 7:40 p.m. EST

United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launch team has received a ‘Go’ for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET. (ULA Image)

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday night.

• Rocket: Delta IV Heavy
• Mission: NROL-44
• Launch Date and Time: Targeting Thurs., Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. EST, pending range availability.
• Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch the NROL-44 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

This will be 142nd mission for United Launch Alliance and our 30th for the NRO. It is the 385th Delta launch since 1960, the 12th Delta IV Heavy and the 8th Heavy for the NRO.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.

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