Tag: Atlas 5
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Atlas 5/GPS 2F-12 launch timeline
Follow the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 2F-12 navigation satellite. Launch is scheduled for Friday at 8:38 a.m. EST (1338 GMT). T+0:00:01.1: Liftoff The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 vehicle, designated AV-057, will lift off and begin a vertical rise away…
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United Launch Alliance’s high-tempo year begins with GPS launch Friday
File photo of the Atlas 5. Credit: James Murati / Bionetics CAPE CANAVERAL — Kicking off United Launch Alliance’s ambitious 2016 with as many as 15 launches planned for the U.S. military, intelligence community, NASA and commercial clients, an Atlas 5 rocket will thunder to orbit Friday to deploy the last satellite in the current…
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Photos: GPS 2F-12 navigation spacecraft readied for launch
This collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-12 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket for flight on Friday morning. Encapsulation occurred at Cape Canaveral’s Area 59 processing facility for the GPS satellites on Jan. 19. Stacking atop the Atlas…
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GPS satellite moves to Atlas 5 facility for launch next Friday
File photo of GPS satellite lift atop Atlas 5. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — After a quarter-century readying Global Positioning System satellites for launch at a Cape Canaveral Air Force Station processing hub, the final bird rolled out today as the navigation program transitions to a new era. “This GPS 2F-12 satellite represents the end…
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Cygnus sections arrive in Florida for next space station cargo launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — Elements of the next U.S. commercial cargo-delivery trip to the International Space Station are coming together at Kennedy Space Center for the planned March 10 liftoff. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply ship, comprised of a pressurized cargo module that will carry 7,700 pounds of provisions, equipment and science experiments and a service module…
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Bridging the past and future on the shoulders of the Atlas rocket
Two generations of manned Atlas rockets. Launch of John Glenn (left) and concept of Starliner (right). Credit: NASA and Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — On top of an Atlas rocket, the place where orbital spaceflight for American astronauts began, will sit Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to launch humans into space starting next year. It was Feb. 20,…
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Oldest GPS navigation satellite to be retired with next launch
File photos of Atlas 5 stacking process. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A new Global Positioning System craft will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit next month to replace a satellite that has operated in space for 25 years. Stacking of the two-stage launcher for ULA’s first mission of 2016 began…
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Oldest GPS navigation satellite to be retired with next launch
File photos of Atlas 5 stacking process. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A new Global Positioning System craft will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit next month to replace a satellite that has operated in space for 25 years. Stacking of the two-stage launcher for ULA’s first mission of 2016 began…
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Florida spaceport tallies highest launch rate in more than a decade
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad on May 20, 2015, with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images Cape Canaveral was the departure point for more space launches in 2015 than in any year since 2003, with 17…
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Florida spaceport tallies highest launch rate in more than a decade
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad on May 20, 2015, with the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images Cape Canaveral was the departure point for more space launches in 2015 than in any year since 2003, with 17…