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NROL-70
Delta IV Heavy
Historical mission record
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Classified payload for the NRO. Last flight of the Delta IV Heavy rocket.
- Launch vehicle
- Delta IV Heavy
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 37B
- Provider
- United Launch Alliance
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Delta IV Heavy
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.
- Height
- 72 m
- Diameter
- 5 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 16
- First flight
- 2004-12-21
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
5h 58m windowPublished target
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Target ·
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Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:00:05
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:18
Supersonic
- T+00:01:20
Max-Q
- T+00:03:55
BECO
- T+00:03:57
Booster Separation
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- T+00:05:35
MECO
- T+00:05:42
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:05:55
SES-1
- T+00:06:37
Fairing Separation
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Coverage & sources
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Mission coverage
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