NROL-91
Delta IV Heavy
United Launch Alliance
Mission
NROL-91
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $350,000,000
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 6
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
714 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Rocket
Delta IV Heavy – United Launch Alliance
- Family: Delta
- Length: 72 m
- Diameter: 5 m
- Launch Mass: 733 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 28370 kg
The Delta IV Heavy was manufactured by United Launch Alliance with the first launch on 2004-12-21. Delta IV Heavy has 13 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 14 launches. The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family, and is the world’s second highest-capacity rocket in operation. It is manufactured by United Launch Alliance and was first launched in 2004.
Agency
United Launch Alliance – ULA
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: ULA
- Administration: CEO: Tory Bruno
- Founded: 2006
- Launchers: Atlas | Delta IV | Vulcan
- Spacecraft: CST-100 Starliner
- Country: USA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
