A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy sits poised on its launch pad with a National Reconnaissance Office payload at Space Launch Complex-37. The Delta IV Heavy with its nearly 2 millions pounds of thrust is America’s most powerful liquid-fueled rocket. Pat Corkery, United Launch AllianceMassive Secret Spy Satellite Set For Launch? -- FOX News
Two-million pounds of rocket-fueled thrust will catapult into outer space Friday evening -- but what's aboard the rocket remains quite the mystery.
Commercial rocket launch company United Launch Alliance plans to blast NROL-32 into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:06 p.m. EST November 19, carrying a cargo that the company can only describe as belonging to the National Reconnaissance Office. In fact, the rocket company -- a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Corporation -- doesn't even know what it's blasting into orbit, a spokesman told FoxNews.com.
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More News On The Launch Of A Super U.S. Secret Spy Satellite
Essential U.S. Spy Satellite Launching Friday -- Space.com
Delta IV Heavy launch with NROL-32 scrubbed -- Nasa Spaceflight
Delta IV rocket launch scrubbed -- 13 News
Spy satellite launching Tuesday -- ABC News
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