Tag: 45th Space Wing
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End to government shutdown should limit impact on space operations
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9:15 p.m. EST on Jan. 22 (0215 GMT on Jan. 23) with end to government shutdown. File photo of one of the International Space Station’s solar array wings. Credit: NASA NASA and the U.S. Air Force are expected to return to normal operations Tuesday after lawmakers passed a budget bill Monday…
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Live coverage: Irma knocks out power at Kennedy Space Center
Live coverage of Hurricane Irma’s impacts on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 45th Space Wing Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Hurricane Hurricane Irma Kennedy Space Center Mission Status Center Weather
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Auto-destruct system seen as a key to ramping up launch tempos
Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images The U.S. Air Force says the demonstration of an automated safety system on last week’s Falcon 9 rocket launch will slash and costs and hasten turnarounds between missions from military-operated ranges in Florida and California. The on-board safety system, relying on Global Positioning System satellite navigation data, replaces…
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Hurricane Matthew passes by Cape Canaveral coastline
Updated at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT). Credit: National Weather Service Hurricane Matthew slammed NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, home to multiple launch pads and spacecraft assembly facilities, with wind gusts of more than 100 mph early Friday, but there were no immediate reports of significant damage at the spaceport as officials assessed the storm’s impact…
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Quick work saved the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission from nearby explosion
Smoke pours off Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad shortly after a Sept. 1 explosion. Credit: U.S. Air Force Engineers scrambled to keep NASA’s billion-dollar asteroid-bound OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on track for its launch last week in the aftermath of an explosion a mile away at SpaceX’s launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Quick action by safety…
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SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg
Artist’s concept of a Falcon rocket stage on final descent to a vertical propulsive landing as envisioned by SpaceX. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX plans to set up landing pads on abandoned launch sites at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base in a step toward the company’s vision for eventual recovery and reuse of rocket boosters.…
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24 launches scheduled at Cape Canaveral this year
A Falcon 9 rocket streaks into orbit Jan. 10 in this long exposure photograph from Kennedy Space Center’s press site. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Up to 24 launches are planned from Cape Canaveral in 2015, thanks to jam-packed manifests for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to send up satellites for the U.S. military, NASA and…