Tag: Aerojet Rocketdyne
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On the pad: Atlas 5 rocket in position for third flight of 2018
These photos captured on the eve of launch show a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket standing on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ready for blastoff on the U.S. Air Force’s AFSPC 11 mission with three satellites on-board. Liftoff is set during a launch window Saturday that opens at 7:13 p.m. EDT…
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Launch timeline for Atlas 5’s AFSPC 11 mission
A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set to loft three military satellites for the U.S. Air Force on a mission codenamed AFSPC 11. This timeline shows the major mission events planned over a six-hour flight to a near-geostationary orbit. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket, propelled by an RD-180 main engine and five solid rocket boosters,…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral with multiple satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s AFSPC-11 mission carrying the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS) satellite and the EAGLE payload. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ULA’s live video coverage of the Atlas 5 launch will begin at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT)…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out for Air Force mission
A United Launch Alliance arrived at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Friday morning after rolling out of its vertical hangar with three U.S. Air Force satellites designed to provide communications to military leaders and test new in-orbit inspection and surveillance technology. These photos show the 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket emerging from the Vertical Integration Facility…
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Atlas 5 rocket readied for high-altitude multi-satellite flight Saturday
The Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to pad 41 Friday. Credit: ULA United Launch Alliance crews at Cape Canaveral are finishing final preparations for an Atlas 5 rocket launch Saturday evening to dispatch three U.S. military satellites directly to an orbital perch more than 20,000 miles over the equator. Set for blastoff at 7:13 p.m.…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket and GOES-S weather satellite assembled for launch
Technicians around Cape Canaveral spent the last four weeks assembling a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and preparing a Lockheed Martin-built NOAA weather satellite for liftoff March 1. The photos on this page show the Atlas 5’s first stage, powered by a Russian-made RD-180 engine, being lifted atop a mobile platform inside ULA’s Vertical…
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NASA turns to Voyager’s dormant thrusters for first time in 37 years – and they work!
An artist’s conception shows the Voyager spacecraft pointing its antenna back toward Earth. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration) Imagine you had a car sitting in storage since 1980, and suddenly you needed to start it up. Now imagine that it revs up like a charm as soon as you turn the key. That’s the scenario NASA…
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Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Orion engineers win a Silver Snoopy and other NASA accolades
Aerojet Rocketdyne engineer Erica Raine shows off her Silver Snoopy pin. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) REDMOND, Wash. — One of NASA’s most celebrated awards was handed out today, but it didn’t go to an astronaut. Instead, it was an astronaut who was doing the handing out. The Silver Snoopy Award winner was the one holding…
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Boeing, DARPA to base XS-1 spaceplane at Cape Canaveral
Artist’s concept of the XS-1 spaceplane before releasing its expendable upper stage. Credit: Boeing A reusable suborbital spaceplane the size of a business jet being developed by Boeing and the Defense Department’s research and development arm could be launching and landing at Cape Canaveral in 2020, officials said after the defense contractor won a competition…
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AR1 engine clears milestone in step toward ending U.S. reliance on Russian propulsion
Aerojet Rocketdyne tests its AR1 engine preburner, which was built using a proprietary alloy and 3-D printing technology, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Credit: Aerojet Rocketdyne A rocket engine that could power United Launch Alliance’s next-generation rocket has passed a major design review, clearing the way for full-scale hotfire testing starting next year and certification…