Delta IV WGS-9 U.S. Military Satellite Launch | United Launch Alliance
Happy 70th Birthday to the U.S. Air Force!
March 18, 2017: A Delta IV rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 with the Air Force's ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite. This new satellite is unique because Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand paid for construction of WGS-9 in a collaborative effort to join the U.S. military’s global communications network.

Credit: United Launch Alliance
Duration: 2 minutes, 29 seconds
Release Date: March 18, 2017

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Delta IV WGS-9 U.S. Military Satellite Launch: View 1 | ULA
RS-68A Main Engine and four GEM-60 Solid Rocket Boosters

Happy 70th Birthday to the U.S. Air Force!
March 18, 2017: A Delta IV rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 with the Air Force's ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite. This new satellite is unique because Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand paid for construction of WGS-9 in a collaborative effort to join the U.S. military’s global communications network.

Credit: Jared Haworth (We Report Space)
Release Date: March 18, 2017

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Delta IV WGS-9 U.S. Military Satellite Launch: View 2 | ULA
Liftoff of WGS-9

Happy 70th Birthday to the U.S. Air Force!
March 18, 2017: A Delta IV rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 with the Air Force's ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite. This new satellite is unique because Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand paid for construction of WGS-9 in a collaborative effort to join the U.S. military’s global communications network.

Credit: Jared Haworth (We Report Space)
Release Date: March 18, 2017

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Delta IV WGS-9 U.S. Military Satellite Launch: View 3 | ULA
"Reflections of Rocketry"

Happy 70th Birthday to the U.S. Air Force!
March 18, 2017: A Delta IV rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 with the Air Force's ninth Wideband Global SATCOM satellite. This new satellite is unique because Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and New Zealand paid for construction of WGS-9 in a collaborative effort to join the U.S. military’s global communications network.

Credit: Jared Haworth (We Report Space)
Release Date: March 18, 2017

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Delta IV NROL-37 Pre-launch Photo Gallery | United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the NROL-37 mission lifted off June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex-37 at 1:51 p.m. EDT.

Watch launch video: https://plus.google.com/113507009175485747967/posts/61c24tjG71b

Rocket/Payload: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy successfully launched the NROL-37 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Date/Site/Launch Time: Saturday, June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Launch Notes: NROL-37 was the 32nd Delta IV mission since the vehicle’s inaugural launch in 2002, and the 10th NRO mission to launch on Delta IV.

Mission Description: The mission was launched for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of national defense.

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is one of the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. The NRO is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, 2 miles (3 km) south of Washington Dulles International Airport.

The NRO designs, builds, and operates the Reconnaissance satellites of the United States government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the NSA, imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the NGA, and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the DIA. The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense and serves as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology). The NRO's federal workforce consists primarily of Air Force, CIA, NGA, NSA, and Navy personnel.

NRO Motto: "Supra Et Ultra" (Above And Beyond)
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Image Credits: Jared and Dawn Haworth for We Report Space
Release Date: June 11, 2016

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Delta IV NROL-37 Launch Highlights | United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the NROL-37 mission lifted off June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex-37 at 1:51 p.m. EDT.

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/RR-qOwIf9sY

Rocket/Payload: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy successfully launched the NROL-37 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Date/Site/Launch Time: Saturday, June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Launch Notes: NROL-37 was the 32nd Delta IV mission since the vehicle’s inaugural launch in 2002, and the 10th NRO mission to launch on Delta IV.

Mission Description: The mission was launched for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of national defense.

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is one of the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. The NRO is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, 2 miles (3 km) south of Washington Dulles International Airport.

The NRO designs, builds, and operates the Reconnaissance satellites of the United States government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the NSA, imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the NGA, and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the DIA. The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense and serves as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology). The NRO's federal workforce consists primarily of Air Force, CIA, NGA, NSA, and Navy personnel.

NRO Motto: "Supra Et Ultra" (Above And Beyond)
(Source: Wikipedia)

Video Credit: United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Release Date: June 11, 2016

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Delta IV NROL-37 Launch Photo Gallery | United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the NROL-37 mission lifted off June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex-37 at 1:51 p.m. EDT.

Watch launch video: https://plus.google.com/113507009175485747967/posts/61c24tjG71b

Rocket/Payload: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy successfully launched the NROL-37 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Date/Site/Launch Time: Saturday, June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Launch Notes: NROL-37 was the 32nd Delta IV mission since the vehicle’s inaugural launch in 2002, and the 10th NRO mission to launch on Delta IV.

Mission Description: The mission was launched for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of national defense.

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is one of the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. The NRO is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, 2 miles (3 km) south of Washington Dulles International Airport.

The NRO designs, builds, and operates the Reconnaissance satellites of the United States government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the NSA, imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the NGA, and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the DIA. The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense and serves as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology). The NRO's federal workforce consists primarily of Air Force, CIA, NGA, NSA, and Navy personnel.

NRO Motto: "Supra Et Ultra" (Above And Beyond)
(Source: Wikipedia)

Image Credits: Jared and Dawn Haworth for We Report Space
Release Date: June 11, 2016

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NROL-37 Mission Poster | United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy
Congratulations ULA, NRO, USAF!
Rocket/Payload: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy successfully launched the NROL-37 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Date/Site/Launch Time: Saturday, June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Launch Notes: NROL-37 was the 32nd Delta IV mission since the vehicle’s inaugural launch in 2002, and the 10th NRO mission to launch on Delta IV.

Mission Description: The mission was launched for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of national defense.

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is one of the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. The NRO is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, 2 miles (3 km) south of Washington Dulles International Airport.

The NRO designs, builds, and operates the Reconnaissance satellites of the United States government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the NSA, imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the NGA, and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the DIA.[5]
The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense and serves as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology). The NRO's federal workforce consists primarily of Air Force, CIA, NGA, NSA, and Navy personnel.

NRO Motto: "Supra Et Ultra" (Above And Beyond)
(Source: Wikipedia)

Image Credit: United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Date: June 11, 2016

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NROL-37 Mission Emblem | United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy
Congratulations ULA, NRO, USAF!
Rocket/Payload: A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy successfully launched the NROL-37 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Date/Site/Launch Time: Saturday, June 11, 2016, from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Launch Notes: NROL-37 was the 32nd Delta IV mission since the vehicle’s inaugural launch in 2002, and the 10th NRO mission to launch on Delta IV.

Mission Description: The mission was launched for the National Reconnaissance Office in support of national defense.

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is one of the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. The NRO is headquartered in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, 2 miles (3 km) south of Washington Dulles International Airport.

The NRO designs, builds, and operates the Reconnaissance satellites of the United States government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly signals intelligence (SIGINT) to the NSA, imagery intelligence (IMINT) to the NGA, and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) to the DIA.[5]
The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense and serves as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology). The NRO's federal workforce consists primarily of Air Force, CIA, NGA, NSA, and Navy personnel.

NRO Motto: "Supra Et Ultra" (Above And Beyond)
(Source: Wikipedia)

Image Credit: United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Date: June 11, 2016

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