235 feet tall, 2 million pounds of thrust: The Monstrous Delta IV Heavy Launched

The first West Coast Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle was launched from Space Launch Complex-6 here Jan. 20 at 1:10 p.m. PST. The largest rocket ever to launch from the West Coast of the United States carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. “The teamwork between the 30th Space Wing, the National …