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NROL-68 Satellite Aloft, As ULA Delta IV Winds Down

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023

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NROL-68 Satellite Aloft, As ULA Delta IV Winds Down

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-68 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. at 5:18 a.m. on June. 22nd. (United Launch Alliance Photo)

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), U.S. Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, Space Systems Command (SSC), and United Launch Alliance (ULA), launched the NRO's NROL-68 satellite on June 22nd from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. in what is to be the second-to-last rocket mission for the ULA Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle. ULA is a partnership between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. NRO said that it has launched 16 missions since NROL-22 in 2006 aboard Delta IV Medium…

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