Tag: AEHF

United Launch Alliance has released views from cameras mounted aboard the company’s most recent Atlas 5 rocket launch showing the rocket’s blastoff from Cape Canaveral at dawn Aug. 8 with a U.S. Air Force communications satellite. The cameras captured spectacular video of the 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad…

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 8 with the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite, the second launch from Florida’s Coast in a span of less than 35 hours. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 launcher lifted off from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral…

Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now Skywatchers and early risers across Florida enjoyed dazzling views of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket climbing into space Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral with a U.S. military communications satellite. Flying in its most powerful configuration with five strap-on solid rocket boosters, the Atlas 5 blasted off from…

An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off at 6:13 a.m. EDT (1013 GMT) Thursday from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: United Launch Alliance A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired into space Thursday from Cape Canaveral with a $1.1 billion U.S. Air Force communications satellite, delivering fresh capacity for the…

A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set to launch the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite from Cape Canaveral. This timeline shows the major mission events planned over a nearly six-hour flight to an optimized geostationary transfer orbit. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket, propelled by an RD-180 main engine and five…

Credit: United Launch Alliance Set to fly in its most powerful configuration with five solid rocket boosters, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Tuesday in preparation for a planned blastoff two days later with a U.S. military communications satellite. The rollout two days before launch…

The U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, designed for secure, jam-resistant communications, is set for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. These photos show the AEHF 5 satellite during encapsulation inside the Atlas 5’s payload shroud. The AEHF 5 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, will join four other satellites…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ULA’s live video coverage of the Atlas 5 launch will begin at 5:24 a.m. EDT on Aug. 8. Spaceflight Now members can watch…