NROL-47
Success
JAN 12201822:11:00 UTCThird and final flight of the Delta IV Medium+ (5,2), a configuration with a 5-meter fairing and two solid strap-on boosters that had previously flown NROL-25 in April 2012 and NROL-45 in February 2016. The launch slipped a day after a scrub over a pad swing-arm issue and a ground system valve, then a further 24 hours for high ground winds. The National Reconnaissance Office did not describe the payload.
LIFTOFF
JAN 12 201822:11:00 UTC
Success
launched from SLC-6 Vandenberg
aboard Delta IV M+(5,2) D-379 into LEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payload
Topaz-5 / USA-281
Reconnaissance

