ULA completes Delta IV Heavy pad upgrades ahead of NROL-82 mission
ULA completes Delta IV Heavy pad upgrades ahead of NROL-82 mission April 19, 2021 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has recently made pad upgrades to Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, ahead of the upcoming Delta IV Heavy launch of the NROL-82 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office scheduled for April 26 at 15:39 EDT / 19:39 UTC. The previous Delta IV Heavy mission, NROL-44 from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was plagued by numerous issues, scrubs, and aborts that uncovered issues with the launch pad and its facilities. After rolling to the pad in...
Source: nasaspaceflight.com