CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This week started out with the possibility of three launches in three days but the first one was scrubbed, causing a bit of reorganizing and now it’s down to two.United Launch Alliance’s first attempt Thursday morning to send up a national security satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office ended in a scrub and the company will try again Friday.The national security payload is known as NROL-44.
Liftoff of the Delta IV Heavy rocket was set for Thursday morning from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, but the first attempt was scrubbed due to an issue with a critical ground pneumatic control system.