WATCH: ULA successfully launches Delta IV Heavy rocket from Florida’s Space Coast
United Launch Alliance successfully launched a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral on Thursday.
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The company sent a classified spy satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force.
Let's relive liftoff of the #DeltaIVHeavy carrying #NROL68 for @NatReconOfc! 🚀🐉 pic.twitter.com/iIJOl2Arar
— ULA (@ulalaunch) June 22, 2023
Liftoff happened at 5:18 a.m.
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It was supposed to launch at 3:25 a.m., but ULA said weather conditions pushed it back.
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Fuel-loading is wrapping up for #DeltaIVHeavy to produce a 1.6-million-pound rocket for #NROL68 launch at 5:18amEDT (0918 UTC) from Cape Canaveral. https://t.co/jIsovi7Jnv pic.twitter.com/1oSMLbkE9Z
— ULA (@ulalaunch) June 22, 2023
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