Delta IV Heavy rocket launches spy satellite for final time from California
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2022
- The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launched the NROL-91 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) on Sept. 24, 2022. Full Story: www.space.com/delta-iv-heavy-...
It was the final launch for the heavy lift rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. There are two more Delta IV Heavy launches scheduled from Florida before the rocket is retired.
Credit: ULA 
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For every Delta rocket it's the final time.
Still have two more launches. However the last two launches will go to Florida, not in California.
Fantastic work Delta IV Team. Sad to see this might be the last launch from SLC-6. I was fortunate to be employed to work on that complex in the early 80's when it was configured for Space Shuttle launches. Hope they reconfigure it again for future launches.
Walk in the park. Well done Delta team. 🇺🇸
Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
Makes you appreciate SpaceX realtime telemetry
.. and metric.
And how!
Agreed but I still love ULA. This is one of my favorite rockets, very classic. Three massive rocket engines and those sensational shock diamonds to go with them. It’s a very regal looking system and launch.
@@alexpearson8481 the hydrogen burn off before the actual liftoff is pretty cool too.
Tracking cam quality is so so so old and poor quality 🤦🏿♂️
Very proud the have been a part of this at slick 6!
Sad to see the last launch from SLC-6 for the foreseeable future. Hopefully this iconic pad will see use again someday.
spacex much more enjoyable.
@@chrisfriends7911 SpaceX and ULA's launches are each enjoyable in their own ways.
Love seeing this rocket momentarily set itself on fire before launch lol! Epic :) Also reminds me of an interview a few years ago explaining why NASA would not put a crewed capsule on the Delta, "NASA will never put a manned crew on a rocket that sets itself on fire before launch, no matter how reliable that rocket may be." lol! Great rocket line :) Fwooooooosh!
Terrible line, that is saying that safety isn't measured mathematically. Rather it's "interpreted" by management who decide whether or not the vehicle is safe
I worked on the project to build the SLC-6 Shuttle Launch Facility in the 1980’s at Vandenburg AFB. It was ready fo the next Shuttle Launch, then the project was scrapped. It was disappointing to see all that work go to waste. I went into the launch control center three times. First time with all the equipment installed, the next time everything was covered with plastic tarps, and the third time I went inside the Launch Control center all the consoles were bare and all the equipment was removed.
Man thats sad. There is probably alot of stories like this because of how iffy the funding around these programs is
you ever meet any of the nazis from operation paperclip?
I lived on that base when I was a kid in the early 90's, I had heard about that shuttle project. I remember on one road, the rock wall on both sides of the road were carved a certain way, supposedly to allow the shuttle and its wings to fit when they were going to drive it to the launch site. Well that never happened lol.
@@drunkpaulocosta9301 It wasn't about funding as much as it was that one of the the next missions after Challenger was supposed to be the first shuttle launch from Vandenberg. It was were the top secret military shuttle launches would be taking place. When the Challenger exploded it put everything on hold and the SLC-6 as a shuttle launch site was a casualty due in part to many of the new launch requirements that were only going to be put in place at Kennedy Space Center. The cost to retro fit SLC-6 to accomodate all the new shuttle requirements was not feasible.
They were planning to launch the space shuttle from Vandenberg? First time I'm hearing about that!
As a European growing up in the 80s, I always thought that the whole space shuttle program was planned from the get go for KSC only, and I really don't remember anyone mentioning Vandenberg and space shuttle in the same sentence during all the space shuttle launches that I tried to follow, nor do I remember reading about it anywhere, but I guess you learn something new every day...
I saw it! And it was amazing
Huzzah,, Heavy delta 4. What a beautiful design. Top Notch build you'all.
@@Administrator_O-5 Uh yeah... Nothing inherently wrong with russian engines and the lack of reusability does not make it any less complex or impressive. SpaceX has been great in pioneering and pushing the space industry forward but comments like this just come off as rather snobish. There is a lot to appreciate from older tech and systems and a lot can be achieved without designing everything to be monetarily profitable.
@@Administrator_O-5 aerojet rocketdyne will ask you to retract that slanderous statement.
After all, they made the RS-68 engine.
@@BearRealOfficial FYI, Delta IV is 100% US engines. It's Atlas V that has Russian engines on the first stage.
@@calliarcale Wow I did not know that. I just blindly assumed otherwise, thanks for correcting me.
Delta Heavy was an embarrassment (costing over $300 million per launch). Average costs for heavy vehicles generally run about 140-160m globally. SpaceX Heavy undercuts everybody (at under $100 million). Congress has always pushed projects (no matter how inefficient) to DC lobbyists with the most money.
As obsolete and expensive it is, it got some beauty.
Wonder what ole Vandenberg is gonna do with slc 6 now? I was a firefighter there from 02-05 and loved launch standbys.
That's a good question. That pad has such an interesting history.
More Falcon 9s?
@@calliarcale there were pictures in different offices all over the base from when challenger was test fitting the facilities. Would have been so cool to have a west coast shuttle.
Sorry. It was the enterprise. The challenger was going to be the west coast shuttle.
I have a belt buckle from Vandenberg and it says “ First West Coast Flight “ Vandenberg Launch Site . Discovery!! It came from a NASA executive. I don’t know if Challenger was ever scheduled to launch from there but Discovery was going to be the first to launch from SLC 6
My dad tracked Vandenberg launches starting in the early 1960s and into the 1980s.
On a few occasions I got to go up there but the one time a launch was scheduled during my visit it was postponed.
I have heard that the old radar site (2 dish antennas) on Tranquillon Peak is no longer used.
Makes sense, as refitting the buildings with modern equipment might cost too much, but, if it is true, it's still a little sad.
I even remember the phone number and have been tempted to call just to find out if anyone answers "System 2".
Amazing video :)
What is chipping away the paint on the connecting rods holding the the booster to the main rocket.
Sad to see ULA shelve one of their actually functional vehicles. Adios big girl. You've served us well.
I don’t understand why he says 1000 miles an hour and then later on he says delta four has now gone supersonic? Surely 1000 miles an hour is faster than supersonic?
Is it something to do with the altitude? Making the speed of sound a lot higher?
@@jamesleetrigg Speed of sound gets lower the higher you ascend.
Probably just a late callout or something. Higher you go the lower the speed of sound is.
He could have read the kilometers per hour off as MPH on accident. that makes sense to then immediately go mach1 after 1000kph.
Also they throttle down a little during Max Q until they leave a lot of the atmosphere. But I don’t think they actually slow down. Idk
Congratulations team
Congratulations on the launch, team!
“Strap on separation” - spacedude
Looking at the flame. Very good video
Announcers says "1000 miles per hour", then a few seconds later "Max Q", then "Mach 1". Mach 1 should be around 680 MPH at that altitude.
Congratulations 🎉🚀👏the last Delta heavy in the west👍😊
And good riddance! With every launch costing over $300 million, it was an embarrassment for the US. Average costs for heavy vehicles generally run about 140-160m globally. SpaceX Heavy undercuts everybody (at under $100 million). So the US was spending an extra 200 million every year.
@@attsealevel I was thinking just the opposite, I was glad that every launch that improves our defense ability should be applauded. You must be a Communist.
@@attsealevel i pretty sure part of that money was a pad for other things !
@@mariannwatt2678 - wouldn't hold your breath on that. A recent Economist article, labeled similar NASA projects "a "colossal waste" of taxpayer money. It mostly admonished congressional oversight (which pits each district against all others). Artemis, for example, will cost almost $2 billion/ride, because some parts are replicated 10x over (as each member insists their districts maintain complete factory specs). What's worse - Congress just signed a new 5 year agreement that will increase launch costs by almost 8x. The report concludes - "Launching People Into Space Should Be Left to Private Industry".
B4 and after BICO. Why they always cut to room, full of cheerleaders, then back to different camera? Or footage that shows bright aggressive fisheye?
So nice !!!
Hi
It always stresses me out when the bit of that weird insulation material first combusts and the rocket engine looks like it’s bursting into flames 😂
Better then the couple of seconds of flame thrower shooting into the sky out of a Minuteman launch tube when one of those launches before the missile actually come out of the launch tube. 😁
Strap on separation in space
HaHaHuzzah!
Happens in the bedroom too, if your lady is adventurous.
Fantastic!
Crazy how there’s still idiots who think the earth is flat.
I am sure the majority of people do not realize that the Delta IV as well as the Atlas V were both developed under the USAF Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program. EELV was a result of the total failure of two joint USAF/NASA programs to develop a next generation space booster. NASA wanted to make the program include a new manned vehicle, which is rather like buying a new pickup truck so you can haul your big screen TV home and then including the cost of the TV in the price of the truck, resulting in a highly costly and overly complex program. The Air Force cancelled its funding for both such efforts to spend the money on the F-22.
The conclusion was to have the USAF strike out on its own to develop a new "evolved" ELV that would not use new engine technology. NASA would develop a new reusable vehicle to replace the Shuttle. The Air Force eventually realized that it made more sense to allow both Boeing and Lockheed Martin to proceed with their programs rather than down-select to just one. Meanwhile, NASA's new reusable launch vehicle program led nowhere.
Both Atlas V and Delta IV were truly outstanding programs, despite the significant handicap of being limited to 1980 vintage propulsion technology. Only one launch failure occurred for each of the two booster designs. Great job Delta IV!
Why is the sky blurred
Fave rocket
Awesome, Great Job to everyone who makes launching a giant rocket system possible. Everyone!
They should've used tthis model ratio versus that Artimus 1 mix breed mockery of a 20th century Space Shutte.
Miles, pounds?
It is the year 2022?
Is the rocket being replaced and upgraded? Or are they retiring the whole vehicle design?
There will be two more launches. Then they will retire the system. It will be replaced by Vulcan Centaur launch system. The first stage of the Vulcan Centaur will use Blue Origin's BE-4 methane rocket engine.
God speed!
At 1:21 he says the vehicle is traveling at 1,000 miles per hour, then at 1:43 he calls Mach one and says Delta IV is now supersonic. Go figure
Perhaps it's to do with altitude?
Go Baby Go
Is it the case that all launches from California go south into a polar orbit?
Go NROL-91🤞👍🚀👏😊
I know that it is normal for this rocket system...but the moment before launch when flames surround and ascend up the rockets before lift off.. always kinda freaks me out. well done ULA.
Pretty sure I saw the second stage passing overhead New York an hour after liftoff
That’s…not the direction rockets go from Vandenberg. They go south into polar or near polar orbits.
Alas it was the falcon 9 I was unaware of tonight
Super! Great! 😊
was that fire going up the rocket at 0:12 normal? what put it out?
That is normal for a hydrogen and oxygen rocket
It's normal, this rocket intentionally sets itself on fire prior to launch.
@@gdcartjr Well, it is normal for a delta 4 heavy. It isn't normal for any other hydrolox rocket.
There is a youtube video about it which is why everyone is acting like they know the asnwer - they just watched the video and you can too: ruclips.net/user/shortsZiH_52CqQk4
Strap on separation is never good. BBQ for that extra flavor
Caroline Kirk is awesome!
Rockets are cool
seems strange not seeing the first stage come back down to land, what a waste
Yes 👍 thanks for amazing lift off love ❤️ watching them David 🇬🇧🙏🚀❤️👍
SPY SATELLITE LOL, LIKE YOU'D TELL THE WORLD ITS A SPY SATELLITE
The paint (or foam insulation) on one of the boosters must’ve still been fresh and offgassing. You can see the flame from the rocket ignition ignite the paint the side of the booster. 😂. Obviously it didn’t create an issue, it was just kind of interesting.
That is by design, it is excess hydrogen.
Alex-to add to what Steve said, Scott Manly has a video explaining the flames (hydrogen) on a Delta 4 at launch.
@@artiek1177 thanks!! agreed. It wasn’t so much the hydrogen I was interested in. But the ignition of the insulation on the side of the booster. After the booster quickly ‘flashed’ there was carbon residue on the side of the booster which of course we know couldn’t have been from hydrogen. So there must’ve been some solvent, that was part of the foam (off-gassing from curing foam?) that quickly burned on the outside of the booster. Take another look at the video you’ll see what I mean. Of course I’m sure it’s normal but I was just curious about it...........
@@alexpearson8481 it has been known they set it on fire intentionally, check out the video the other guy mentioned
All you guys telling me to watch the video that’s all I needed to do. 😂. Sheezzzz. 🙄@me
What happens to these side and core boosters? They get fished out of the water or burn up??
Nothing of Delta 4 heavy is reused.
@@firestar7188 I know, but what happens to them?
@@krist6074 heavy splash
@@blackterminal And then they just let the boosters sink down to the bottom of the ocean or what?
@@krist6074 they will break apart tumbling as they fall back.
4:19 - 'Strap-on'................Giggerty!!
What a great launch. I'm confused though. At 1:22 he says the rocket is traveling at 1,000 mph. Then at 1:43 , he says the rocket is now traveling at Mach one. Isn't the speed of sound like 760 mph? 🤔Maybe he meant to say 1,000 ft/second?
Air pressure affects the speed of sound. Speed of sound is not a fixed value. Air is less dense up high.
He mixed up metric and imperial.
For a while it seemed the whole rocket was being set on fire before liftoff 😅
There's that word again "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?
Lol need the doc to give us a flying car asap . We are into 2022, no sign of them yet
Heavy is on regard to the the weight it’s able to put into orbit
@@Datareel the term heavy here is used in the movie back to the future by Dr brown
@@arunk2238 yeah I got the reference
@@Datareel that is a matter of opinion
First the ZOOM.
Then the BOOM.
Now BUY again.
Wow. Just imagine what you can do NASA if you got your act together. Maybe one day.
Exactly, get with the program nasa and also take some flying lessons from Elon 101!
Better Nasa was sold to SpaceX under contract. Elon would sort it out in a month
Shame NASA can't manage the same efficiency.
Where is the bit where the rockets land?🤣
Well look at that... a curve.
Who is NROL 91 used to spy on?
Yes
Anyone 👁👁
"Strap on separation"
eheheheheheh
now they wait a really long time before they say liftoff, basically the rocket is half ways up into orbit already and they are absolutely sure it has actually lifted off :D
That fire at the very beginning of launch created a lot of soot coating the bottom of the rocket and looked dodgy. Is this normal?
Yep, totally normal for Delta 4 Heavy, it is excess hydrogen burning from the prime procedure
It's part of why D4Heavy is so fucking metal, literally lights itself on fire as part of liftoff
@@poiu477 that’s so cool. Too bad this is the last time we’ll see that.
Delta Heavy was an embarrassment (costing over $300 million per launch). Average costs for heavy vehicles generally run about 140-160m globally. SpaceX Heavy undercuts everybody (at under $100 million). Congress has always pushed projects (no matter how inefficient) to DC lobbyists with the most money.
@@poiu477 Lmao that's the best I thing I have ever read
Strap on separation..... 🤣 sorry can't help myself 🤣
here come's a big layoff of employees
Where did the side boosters land?
Probably disintegrated
They burn up while re-entry
usually it splash onto the ocean. For russian their spent booster crash onto the ground and got recycled. see "What Happens To Discarded Rocket Boosters And Old Satellites?" by Scott Manley.
Now government can look into my window while I sleep or am naked . Great plan.
Perfect, let em know when and where the spy satellite is😂
it doesnt matter wether they show it or not, hiding a rocket is extremly hard, and trust me these guys always hide the good stuff
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
A wise man once said, "'murica".
wait what i thought they were done with this rocket?
Almost. There are two more flights out of Cape Canaveral left on the manifest. Manufacturing line has been shut down for a while, though.
You need to work on that listening/reading comprehension.
@@stargazer7644 after reading the title for a second time I can conclude that I am in fact stupid
hay quá
When she said ignition and all those flames looked like they were going to engulf the whole rocket🤷♂️😳I thought that the whole thing was going to blow up before it went anywhere Mmmmmm thankfully not
Goose bump bringer you will be missed
A big waste of money, it cost too much. And it’s expendable, all goes in the ocean.
thanks for using mph and miles instead of that kph garbage.
Its actually km/h 🤓
@@Comet-2011-W3-Lovejoy and this is why I would never be able to work in the space program👍
I'm sorry it just is not heavy enough
Makes me appreciate rockets that actually work.
Watching that booster going to waste is quite odd now-a-days... IJS
Forget Artemis.. bring back Titan 4.
Fax
ULA sends his last NASA payed relic from the 80's into space, there fixed the title for you.
This launch was payed for by the military, not NASA. I doubt the spy satellite on board has been in development since the 80s. 90s at the earliest, surely. And this is not the last ever launch of Delta IV Heavy, though I understand how the title might've confused you. This is simply the last launch from this particular pad; there are still two more launches left, though these will be from Florida rather than Vandenburg.
ULA makes feel like space is so boring and interesting. Spacex, on the other hand, makes so much fun and interesting. Makes you want to be part it.
Marketing is pretty powerful. Do you also want to buy a Tesla? Musk is definitely one of the best salesman of our generation. But hype and slick marketing aren’t the only important or admirable things in life.
Your opinion.
ULA has a wonderful track record of safety.
So? Space isn’t supposed to be fun, it’s empty, dangerous, and enormous, just because some rich guy hypes something doesn’t make him right, also this is a spy satellite, SpaceX is a private company, and knowing Elon Musk, he’d announce on twitter exactly where the satellite’s orbit is and which countries it’s spying on
@@gdcartjr That's because they launch so few vehicles.
Vandenberg Space force station? 😂 now the United States has a space force, I can already hear it, the United States owns everything in space now, just because 👍🏻
Those uniformed folks in mission control...is that space force camo? How did they choose that pattern? I would expect blacks and greys, but green isnt a color I associate with space
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global domination satellite!
At least something lighting up from Nasa 😋😋
ULA, not NASA
@@Comet-2011-W3-Lovejoy ops my bet 🤕Anyway Nasa should only stick their name on the rocket that trying to launch them 😊
Lifdof
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Ya I think SpaceX may be a better system when all said and done
but did you notice that in this launch the rocket exhaust is transparent, almost invisible. It's because its combustion is very clean and efficient. It is unique, you won't see this on other rocket, even SpaceX's.
@@xponen well that's great bit why spend so much on something you can only use 1 time .
who the hell announces a spy satellite launch with out it being misdirection?? ... smells fucky
And as usual, it will explode within 30 seconds after its launch...wanna bet???😉
Go California!
No transparency
US aerospace nothing compare to India aerospace
Burned the pain in a second with blow back amazingly fast
Just love spying.
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