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Last flight of Delta IV heavy about to take off (LIVE)
Space Flight Live ^
| 28 MAR 24
Posted on 03/28/2024 11:01:47 AM PDT by DCBryan1
Watch live as a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 Heavy rocket flies for the final time Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 UTC) on Thursday, March 28. The three-core liquid hydrogen fueled rocket is carrying a top secret payload for the U.S. military's spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Our live coverage from Cape Canaveral, with commentary by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin about 90 minutes prior to launch. It will be the 16th launch for the Delta IV Heavy rocket.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atlas; delta4; deltaiv; jupiter; nro; spaceforce; thor; titan2missile
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:01:47 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:03:14 AM PDT
by
al baby
(I know sarcasm )
To: DCBryan1
Most heavy metal rocket ever! 🔥🚀🔥
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:07:07 AM PDT
by
catbertz
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:09:45 AM PDT
by
4Liberty
(My 2024 prediction: Biden will be 'eliminated' -- not Trump --and Deep State will suspend elections.)
To: DCBryan1
The 16th launch for the Delta IV Heavy rocket is the final launch?
How do you build a new heavy-lift rocket and only launch it 16 times?
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:18:15 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Not an expert, but I'm betting NONE of the Delta IV is reusable.
IOW, 16 different rockets of the design "Delta IV" have flown, not the same rocket 16 times.
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:30:25 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:46:45 AM PDT
by
Ken Regis
(I concur)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:46:49 AM PDT
by
fretzer
To: ZOOKER
Scrubbed.
Problem at T-3:58.
High pucker factor.
Tune in tomorrow.
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:47:41 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: DCBryan1
Just scrubbed. No launch today.
SS1
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:48:00 AM PDT
by
Spitzensparkin1
(Donate often, it is our FReeping ammo. Help keep the supply train rollin', be a monthly donor. )
To: DCBryan1; All
Launch scrubbed. Delayed 24 hours. Detanking now. No explanation of why it was scrubbed.
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:48:02 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
To: ZOOKER
Right, it’s not reusable. This is not the 16th launch of one rocket, but the 16th launch of this model.
But I’m curious how they developed a new model and only launched that model 16 times.
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posted on
03/28/2024 11:49:03 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
To: DCBryan1
Watch your tax dollars be launched into space! Why? It’s a big secret, at least from the people that are paying.
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posted on
03/28/2024 12:01:55 PM PDT
by
jdt1138
(Where ever you go, there you are.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
03/28/2024 12:07:09 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
To: DCBryan1
Nutz a scrub
better luck tommorow
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posted on
03/28/2024 12:11:49 PM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: ZOOKER
Not an expert, but I'm betting NONE of the Delta IV is reusable. That's why the Delta IV is a failure. Lots of negative reporting on SpaceX when their first few flights of Starship and its booster ended up in the ships being lost, calling the flights failures.
According to that type of reporting, then most other rockets flown were failures, because they were all expendable, not reusable, and were lost. SpaceX changed the game, but reporters don't realize it.
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posted on
03/28/2024 12:13:10 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: SauronOfMordor
I suspected that might be the main reason. Thanks.
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posted on
03/28/2024 12:56:09 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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