ULA Delta IV Heavy DSP-23

Name: ULA Delta IV Heavy DSP-23
Start: 2007-11-11T01:50:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 37B

Delta IV Heavy

Status

Success

Date

11 NOV 2007

01:50

Launch Provider

United Launch Alliance

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Part of the USAF Defence Support Program (DSP), which forms the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System, used by the USA.

Rocket

Delta IV Heavy

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

72 m

Diameter

5 m

Launch Mass

733 T

Thrust

8,674 kN