LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Sun Nov 11 2007
United Launch Alliance

DSP-23

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(1:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(1:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(1:50 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Delta IV Heavy

Description:

The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family, and is the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation. It is manufactured by United Launch Alliance and was first launched in 2004.

Delta IV Heavy rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • Part of the USAF Defence Support Program (DSP), which forms the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System, used by the USA.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 37B