DLA Energy supports National Reconnaissance Office rocket launch
Liftoff of the Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a national security payload designed, built and operated by the National Reconnaissance Office at from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 26. Defense Logistics Agency Energy supplied the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that powered the three United Launch Alliance rocket engines creating a combined total of more than 2.1 million pounds of thrust needed for liftoff. Photo credit to United Launch Alliance.