Tag: Aerojet Rocketdyne
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Lockheed Martin kills plans for acquiring Aerojet Rocketdyne after FTC blocks deal
Lockheed Martin says it’s terminating its agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission filed suit to block the $4.4 billion deal. In a statement, Lockheed Martin CEO James Taiclet said that in light of the lawsuit, calling off the acquisition was “in the best interest of our stakeholders.”…
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Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne faces limbo after FTC files suit
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block Lockheed Martin’s $4.4 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, saying that the deal would “give Lockheed the ability to cut off other defense contractors from the critical components they need to build competing missiles.” In this week’s filing, the FTC says Lockheed has already sought unsuccessfully…
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NASA begins DART mission to practice pushing away an asteroid, with an extra push from Aerojet
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA’s DART asteroid probe from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (NASA via YouTube) A space probe the size of a school bus is on its way to smash into an asteroid the size of Egypt’s Great Pyramid, directed by thruster systems built by Aerojet Rocketdyne in Redmond, Wash. This…
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United Launch Alliance nears first fueling test on Vulcan rocket
A pathfinder core stage for ULA’s Vulcan rocket on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station earlier this year. The Vertical Integration Facility is pictured in the background. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance could load cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen propellants into a Vulcan rocket test article at Cape Canaveral for the…
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Photos: ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
Carrying a sophisticated billion-dollar missile detection satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday with 1.6 million pounds of thrust from a Russian RD-180 main engine and twin solid rocket boosters. The 194-foot-tall (59-meter) Atlas 5 rocket lifted off at 1:37 p.m. EDT (1737…
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Atlas 5 rocket launches infrared missile detection satellite for U.S. Space Force
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off with the U.S. military’s SBIRS GEO 5 satellite. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now An upgraded, cyber-hardened $1 billion satellite to support the U.S. military’s missile defense systems rode into orbit from Cape Canaveral Tuesday at the tip of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 launches with missile warning satellite for U.S. military
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”ULA Broadcast”] [tabby title=”Live shot of launch pad”] [tabbyending] United Launch Alliance’s live launch broadcast begins at 1:11 p.m. EDT (1711…
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Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO 5 launch timeline
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after scrub May 17 to reflect new launch date. This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the SBIRS GEO 5 satellite for U.S. military infrared reconnaissance. Launch is scheduled for Tuesday at 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT). The Atlas 5…
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Problem during fueling preps forces Atlas 5 launch delay
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated with details about temperature sensor. The payload shroud of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket, containing the SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance called off a launch attempt Monday after hitting a snag during preparations to fill an Atlas 5 rocket with cryogenic propellants at Cape Canaveral, delaying…
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Photos: Atlas 5 ready for liftoff with SBIRS GEO 5
These photos show a 194-foot-tall (59-meter) United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket standing on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in advance of a planned launch with the U.S. Space Force’s fifth SBIRS missile warning satellite. The Atlas 5 rocket is set for launch during a 40-minute window opening at 1:35 p.m. EDT…