The classified delivery of a pair of orbital informant satellites on Friday by a Delta IV rocket was documented on video by satellite observers on the ground, collecting fascinating imagery of the satellite separation sequence unfolding 36,000 Kilometers overhead.
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A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket blasts off from SLC-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a midnight hour launch on Friday to embark on a long ascent mission to deliver a pair of satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program directly into a drift orbit 36,000 Kilometers above Earth.
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Thundering off from the United States Space Coast in a midnight hour launch on Friday, a ULA Delta IV embarked on a long mission to boost a pair of satellites into orbit for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program – a ‘neighborhood watch’ effort by the United States Air Force to keep tabs on potential threats to U.S. space assets.
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Thundering off from the United States Space Coast in a midnight hour launch on Friday, a ULA Delta IV embarked on a long mission to boost a pair of satellites into orbit for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program
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The 62.5-meter tall Delta IV rocket is revealed atop its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for an August 19, 2016 liftoff with a pair of Geostationary Situational Awareness Program satellites.
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Two satellites patrolling the Geostationary Satellite Belt are ready for launch atop a Delta IV rocket this Friday to join a similar satellite pair launched in 2014 as part of a “neighborhood watch” effort by the United States Air Force.
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Photos showing the AFSPC-6 payload being placed atop a Delta IV rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Set for an August 2016 liftoff are the GSSAP 3 & 4 satellites that will roam above and below the Geostationary Belt to keep tabs on foreign satellites and identify threat to U.S. space assets.
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