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Delta IV Heavy NROL-70 Flight Vehicle

The sixteenth and final Delta IV Heavy vehicle successfully launched the classified NROL-70 national-security mission from Cape Canaveral. Its flight concluded both the Delta IV programme and the wider Delta launch-vehicle lineage.

Delta IV Heavy NROL-70 Flight Vehicle — U.S. Space Force/Senior Airman Dakota Raub (Delta IV Heavy NROL-70 launch, 240409-X-WN929-1003) · Public domain: U.S. Space Force official-duty photograph, documented on Wikimedia Commons as a U.S. federal-government work. Credit the photographer/agency; no endorsement implied. Context: https://www.nro.gov/Launches/launch-nrol-70/ · Source

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Aliases: Delta IV Heavy flight 16Final Delta IVFinal Delta IV Heavy
Name: Delta IV Heavy NROL-70 Flight Vehicle
Status: retired

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Description: The sixteenth and final Delta IV Heavy vehicle successfully launched the classified NROL-70 national-security mission from Cape Canaveral. Its flight concluded both the Delta IV programme and the wider Delta launch-vehicle lineage.
First Flight Date: 2024-04-09
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Official Url: https://www.nro.gov/Launches/launch-nrol-70/

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Creation Time: July 14, 2026 at 08:53:56 UTC
Updated Time: August 21, 2026 at 10:43:46 UTC
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Last Flight Date: 2024-04-09
Search Name: Delta IV Heavy NROL-70 Flight Vehicle Delta IV Heavy flight 16 Final Delta IV Final Delta IV Heavy