Delta 4 Ready to Launch DSP-23 from Cape Canaveral Saturday
November 8th, 2007
Cape Canaveral, FL - A Delta IV Heavy is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this weekend. The launch will be the first Delta IV launch contracted by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The launch is also the first of a valuable payload aboard a Heavy vehicle. The DSP-23 is the 23rd and final Defense Support Program missile-warning satellite. Launch will take place from Cape Canaveral and is currently scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 10 with a launch window of 8:39 – 10:42 p.m. EST
