ULA's Delta IV Heavy is about to take its final flight
After a scrubbed launch last month, United Launch Alliance is expected to send its Delta IV Heavy rocket on its final flight on Tuesday.
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After a scrubbed launch last month, United Launch Alliance is expected to send its Delta IV Heavy rocket on its final flight on Tuesday.
The liftoff of the last-ever Delta rocket today (April 9) brought with it a change in the way the U.S. sends satellites, interplanetary probes and spacecraft into Earth orbit.
The U.S. military was ULA's primary customer for the booster, purchasing 12 of its 16 flights.
"It is bittersweet to see the last one, but there are great things ahead."
A new type of SpaceX rideshare program made its first launch from the Space Coast coupled with a land recovery of its first-stage booster that brought a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida.