Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 03/01/2016 12:15 am Shouldn't launcher assembly start soon?





She rolled to the pad yesterday



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For those members of our industry and government launch vehicle team, it is our collective responsibility to keep the rocket  which is the only known natural predator of a satellite  at bay.

Yes, see SFNs Delta 4-Heavy goes to launch pad for national security flight (I did a web browser search and have not yet found other sources.)There's an interesting quote from Dr. Walt Lauderdale, technical director of the EELV generation and operations division within the Air Forces Launch Systems Enterprise Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles.EDIT: Source inclusion as suggested by Rocket Guy