{"id":957,"date":"2012-10-05T15:25:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megalextoria.wordpress.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2012-10-05T15:25:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:25:26","slug":"delta-iv-launch-2012-01-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/10\/05\/delta-iv-launch-2012-01-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta IV Launch (2012-01-19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"clearfix wp-block-embed__wrapper\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"802\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tIMtXRuZdRA?feature=oembed\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tIMtXRuZdRA\">youtube.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Delta 4 rocket launching the WGS 4 military communications satellite as seen from the West Melbourne, Florida area.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket: Delta 4<br \/>\nPayload: WGS 4<br \/>\nDate: Jan. 19, 2012<br \/>\nSite: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/delta\/d358\/\">http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/delta\/d358\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Wideband Global SATCOM 4 spacecraft, better known as WGS 4, rode a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket away from the Florida spaceport&#8217;s pad 37B at 7:38 p.m. EST (0038 GMT) on a 40-minute ascent to supersynchronous orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Liftoff occurred at the opening minute of a launch window set months in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Valued at $464 million, the 6.5-ton satellite will enhance military communications over a turbulent portion of the globe when it commences broadcasting duties in a few months.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via youtube.com Delta 4 rocket launching the WGS 4 military communications satellite as seen from the West Melbourne, Florida area. Rocket: Delta 4 Payload: WGS 4 Date: Jan. 19, 2012 Site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral, Florida From http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/delta\/d358\/ &#8220;The Wideband Global SATCOM 4 spacecraft, better known as WGS 4, rode a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket away from the Florida spaceport&#8217;s pad 37B at 7:38 p.m. EST (0038 GMT) on a 40-minute ascent to supersynchronous orbit. Liftoff occurred at the opening minute of a launch window set months in advance. Valued at $464 million, the 6.5-ton satellite will enhance military communications over a turbulent portion of the globe when it commences broadcasting duties in a few months.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[563,1012,1919],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space","tag-delta-iv","tag-launch","tag-wgs-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}