Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe
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Launch Window
Aug. 12, 2018, 7:31 a.m. - Aug. 12, 2018, 8:36 a.m.
Aug. 12, 2018, 7:31 a.m. - Aug. 12, 2018, 8:36 a.m.
This is Delta Launch Control from the Delta Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as we begin a second launch attempt for the Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. The Air Force weather officer on duty at the 45th Weather Squadron just provided …
Flying 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.
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.
See DetailsUnited 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.
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