Tag: Atlas 5
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Video: GOES-R departs Earth atop Atlas 5 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 197 feet tall and and weighing 1.2 million pounds, unleashes 2.4 million pounds of thrust from its main engine and four solid-fuel boosters at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT) Saturday to launch the GOES-R weather observer for NASA and NOAA from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See earlier GOES-R…
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Atlas 5 launches the most advanced U.S. weather satellite in history
CAPE CANAVERAL — Revolutionizing the way American meteorologists see the weather, likened to the advancement from black and white television to modern high definition TV, a new observatory was successfully launched Saturday by an Atlas 5 rocket to serve as the linchpin to forecasting what tomorrow will bring. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches new weather observer
Launching the high-tech GOES-R satellite to revolutionize U.S. weather forecasting, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Saturday at 6:42 p.m. EST (2342 GMT). Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier GOES-R coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with GOES-R aboard
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with four strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 to deliver the GOES-R weather satellite into space. Liftoff is planned for Saturday at 5:42 p.m. EST (2242 GMT). The rocket was wheeled out aboard…
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Video: Atlas 5/GOES-R pre-launch news conference
Preview the deployment of the advanced GOES-R weather satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in the pre-launch news conference held at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, Nov. 17. Briefing participants are: * Stephen Volz, assistant administrator for satellite and information services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Greg Mandt, GOES-R…
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Milestone-setting 100th EELV rocket moves to launch pad
The Atlas 5 rocket with GOES-R was rolled out this morning. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — The 100th rocket in America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the current fleet of boosters used by the nation to get its critical assets into space, was rolled to the pad this morning for a vital mission…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for crucial GOES-R satellite launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — In the span of two weeks, United Launch Alliance technicians performed the basic buildup of the Atlas 5 rocket and then mated the advanced GOES-R weather satellite that will be hauled into space on Saturday. On Monday, Oct. 24, the Common Core Booster first stage was brought from the Atlas Spaceflight Operations…
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Forecasters worldwide brace for ‘data deluge’ from new weather satellites
Typhoon Megi churns near Taiwan in this Sept. 26 image from the Advanced Himawari Imager aboard Japan’s Himawari 9 weather satellite. Credit: JMA High-tech cameras made in Indiana will soon be scanning across Asia, Australia, the Americas and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to give weather forecasters an unrivaled minute-by-minute glimpse of the development and…
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Preview: Weather satellite to touch the lives of every American ready to launch
Mission’s launch poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A new generation of spacecraft with unprecedented clarity and speed to observe the weather, improve forecasting and enhance tracking of severe storms across the United States begins with the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket on Saturday. The 197-foot-tall United Launch Alliance rocket will propel…
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Weather forecast favorable for launch of new weather observatory atop Atlas 5
File photo of Atlas 5. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Near-perfect weather for launching a rocket into space is expected at Cape Canaveral on Saturday when an Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to fly. The United Launch Alliance booster will carry the GOES-R weather satellite into orbit for NASA and NOAA, advancing the…