CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – United Launch Alliance will launch a U.S. national security mission using its Delta IV Heavy rocket early Saturday morning and it should be a treat for early risers because the heavy-lift rocket is a rare sight.Liftoff, originally scheduled for early Thursday, will take place at 2:04 a.m.
Saturday.The launch will take place from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The current forecast from the 45th Space Wing shows an 80% chance of favorable launch weather for the four-hour window.Inside the rocket’s nose cone is a spacecraft known as NROL-44, a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.The first attempt was scrubbed due to an issue with a critical ground pneumatic control system.