Tag: Tower Rollback
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Photos: Launch pad gantry retracted from Delta 4 rocket
The 330-foot-tall mobile service tower is rolled away from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B in the hours before the scheduled liftoff. The 9-million-pound gantry was retracted the length of a football field in preparation for launch of the Air Force’s WGS 9 communications satellite into Earth orbit. Photo…
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Photos: Gantry retracted from Delta 4 rocket
The 330-foot tall mobile service tower is rolled away from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B in the hours before the scheduled liftoff on Aug. 19. The 9-million-pound gantry was retracted the length of a football field in preparation for launch of the GSSAP payload into Earth orbit for…
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Photos: Gantry rollback for second launch attempt
After being put back in position around the Delta 4-Heavy rocket after Thursday’s weather scrub, the 330-foot tall mobile service tower is retracted again at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B for launch that will place the NROL-37 payload into Earth orbit. Photos by Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now See earlier Delta 374 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Video: NROL-37 payload and Delta 4-Heavy rocket prepped for launch
Narrated video packages show the shrouded NROL-37 payload being hoisted atop the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket and the retraction of the mobile service gantry. Video courtesy United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 374 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Photos: Gantry retracted from Delta 4-Heavy
The 330-foot tall mobile service tower is rolled away from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral’s pad 37B just after sunrise on June 9. The 9-million-pound gantry was retracted the length of a football field in preparation for launch of the NROL-37 payload into Earth orbit. Photos by United Launch Alliance…