Delta IV Carries NRO Sigint Payload

Credit: BEN COOPER/AW&ST
This month’s inaugural Delta IV Heavy mission for the National Reconnaissance Office is the first of a busy cycle of government space launches scheduled through 2011. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy hoisted a massive eavesdropping satellite into geosynchronous orbit Jan. 17 at 9:46 p...

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