Parker Solar ProbeDelta IV HeavyUnited Launch Alliance Launch Status Success Sun · Aug 12th, 2018 3:31 AM - 4:36 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlyuSwRSVHU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d8raqfq6oQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr78OOr2sCc MissionParker Solar ProbeType: HeliophysicsFlying into the Sun’s atmosphere (or corona) for the first time. Coming closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, Parker Solar Probe will employ a combination of in situ measurements and imaging to achieve the mission’s primary scientific goal: to understand how the Sun’s corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated. LocationSpace Launch Complex 37BCape Canaveral, FL, USA215 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. RocketDelta IV HeavyLength: 72 meters Diameter: 5 meters First Launch: December 21, 2004The 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.The Delta IV Heavy rocket has been launched a total of 12 times with 11 successful and 1 failed launches. AgencyUnited Launch AllianceType: Commercial Abbreviation: ULA Administration: CEO: Tory Bruno Founded: 2006 Launchers: Atlas | Delta IV | Vulcan Spacecraft: CST-100 Starliner Country: USAUnited 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. View Rocket Launch Schedule