Rocketry Revolution: United Launch Alliance Launches Final Delta 4 Heavy Rocket With Classified Spy Satellite in Last Hurrah
Cape Canaveral, Florida – United Launch Alliance bid farewell to an era in U.S. rocketry by launching its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy rocket on Tuesday. The rocket, standing tall at 235 feet, carried a classified spy satellite into space from pad 37 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch of the Heavy’s three hydrogen-fueled RS-68A first stage engines marked the end of a chapter for the storied family of rockets …