American company United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched a heavy launch vehicle Delta IV Heavy with a military intelligence satellite, as ULA reported on Twitter.
Launch Highlights! ULA's #DeltaIV Heavy rocket launches the #NROL71 mission for the @NatReconOfc https://t.co/t2EDjUubQw
— ULA (@ulalaunch) January 20, 2019
The mission’s goal was to bring a secret satellite of the U.S. intelligence service with a code name NROL-71 into orbit.
This was the 132nd mission of the United Launch Alliance, the 38th Delta IV launch since 2002 and the 11th Delta IV Heavy launch.
Next launch is scheduled for March 13, 2019. U.S. WGS-10 ВВС will fly to space from Florida.