Tag: Atlas 5
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2016 manifest preview: United Launch Alliance’s busy year ahead
CAPE CANAVERAL — Some of America’s most critical surveillance satellites, final members of other spacecraft series and a probe that will touch an asteroid are among 15 rocket flights planned by United Launch Alliance in 2016. It will be the 10th anniversary year for ULA, the launch firm that flies Atlas 5, Delta 4 and…
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2016 manifest preview: United Launch Alliance’s busy year ahead
CAPE CANAVERAL — Some of America’s most critical surveillance satellites, final members of other spacecraft series and a probe that will touch an asteroid are among 15 rocket flights planned by United Launch Alliance in 2016. It will be the 10th anniversary year for ULA, the launch firm that flies Atlas 5, Delta 4 and…
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Russian engine purchase adds to ULA’s Atlas 5 inventory
File photo of an Atlas 5 first stage with the dual-nozzle RD-180 engine. Credit: United Launch Alliance Freed from a legal restriction officials said limited its ability to compete for future U.S. military satellite launches, United Launch Alliance has ordered 20 new RD-180 engines from Russia that will keep the Atlas 5 rocket flying into…
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Russian engine purchase adds to ULA’s Atlas 5 inventory
File photo of an Atlas 5 first stage with the dual-nozzle RD-180 engine. Credit: United Launch Alliance Freed from a legal restriction officials said limited its ability to compete for future U.S. military satellite launches, United Launch Alliance has ordered 20 new RD-180 engines from Russia that will keep the Atlas 5 rocket flying into…
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Launch of NASA’s next Mars mission delayed until at least 2018
NASA’s InSight lander is pictured inside Lockheed Martin’s satellite factory in Colorado. Credit: Lockheed Martin Persistent problems with a seismometer instrument package will keep NASA’s InSight Mars lander from departing for the red planet during a March launch period, and officials said they will consider shelving the $675 million project if the issues prove too…
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Latest Global Positioning System satellite goes live
Credit: Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — The newest Global Positioning System replenishment satellite went into operation Tuesday night, five weeks after ascending to space from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The GPS 2F-11 navigation spacecraft was launched Oct. 31 into a circular orbit 11,000 nautical mile high and tilted 55 degrees…
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Photos: Cygnus up, up and away aboard Atlas 5
More photos show the successful liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft for Orbital ATK and the International Space Station. Photo Credit: Spaceflight Now Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket aims for International Space Station
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Orbital ATK Cygnus commercial cargo-delivery spacecraft for the International Space Station. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5/Cygnus post-launch news conference
Watch the post-launch news conference from the Kennedy Space Center following the successful launch of an Atlas 5 rocket on December 6, carrying the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship bound for the International Space Station. See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus in hot pursuit of space station
CAPE CANAVERAL — Bound for an orbital rendezvous with the International Space Station on Wednesday, a commercial Cygnus freighter was successfully launched by an Atlas 5 rocket this afternoon to restart American cargo deliveries to the research outpost. The United Launch Alliance booster rocket lifted off at 4:44:57 p.m. EST (2144:57 GMT) from Cape Canaveral…