Tag: Atlas V
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ULA delays focused on protecting its 100 percent mission success rate
The Advanced Extremely High Frequency 5 (AEHF-5) mission for the U.S. Air Force has been delayed twice now, pushing its scheduled launch back over a month. The new launch date is now targeted for NET August 8th, according to ULA. However, while the delays are undesirable, they follow a roadmap of ULA’s insistence on utilizing…
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Atlas V 551 launches AEHF-4 for the US Air Force
United Launch Alliance’s workhorse Atlas V rocket launched an advanced communications satellite for the US Air Force Wednesday, following an early-morning liftoff from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Atlas launched at the opening of a two-hour window at 00:15 local time (04:15 UTC), successfully deloying the spacecraft after a three-and-a-half-hour mission. Wednesday’s launch deployed…
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NGIS fires up GEM-63 motor destined for future ULA launches
A new milestone for the future of United Launch Alliance’s rockets was conducted by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) on Thursday, when the first GEM-63 motor was test-fired for 110 seconds during the QM-1 firing at the NGIS testing facility in Promontory, Utah – sending 373,000 lbs of thrust along with bright fire, loud noise and…
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Atlas V launches first West Coast interplanetary mission with InSight spacecraft to Mars
NASA’s InSight mission began a six-month journey to Mars on Saturday with liftoff aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. The first interplanetary mission to launch from the West Coast of the United States, InSight departed from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at the opening of a two-hour launch window that opened at 04:05 local…
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ULA Atlas V successfully launches with AFSPC-11
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket launched the AFSPC-11 mission for the United States Air Force Saturday, deploying the CBAS communications satellite and EAGLE technology demonstrator. Liftoff occurred at the first time of asking at 19:13 Eastern Time (23:13 UTC). Saturday’s launch involved Atlas undertaking a lengthy mission to inject its payloads directly into near-geostationary…
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InSight ready for final preparations for a trip to land on Mars
NASA’s InSight Mars lander is ready for the final processing sprint before its launch opportunity opens in a month’s time. NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin held a media day for the spacecraft, whose long name is the “Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport,” at its Vandenberg Air Force Base launch site…
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ULA Atlas V successfully launches with GOES-S
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket has deployed an advanced weather satellite for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday. The mission to deploy the GOES-S satellite began with liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at the opening of a two-hour window at 17:02 Eastern Time (22:02 UTC). GOES-S is the second…
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Atlas V launches with SBIRS GEO-4
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V has launched on her seventy-fifth flight, lofting the SBIRS GEO-4, a missile early warning satellite. Following a scrub on Thursday, Friday’s attempt was issue free, launching at the opening of the window at 19:48 Eastern time (00:48 UTC on Saturday). SBIRS GEO-4 is the fourth geostationary satellite in the Space…
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Atlas V flies through DCR ahead of Starliner debut
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the Design Certification Review (DCR) for the Atlas V upcoming role in launching Starliner spacecraft later this year. Starliner is set to conduct a maiden flight into space during an uncrewed test flight (Orbital Flight Test – OFT-1) as early as August. Part of the tag team effort with SpaceX’s…
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Atlas V successfully launches with NROL-52
United Launch Alliance’s clandestine Atlas V launch in support of the US National Reconnaissance Office finally departed SLC-41 on Sunday, after previously failing to dodge bad weather and then suffering a telemetry transmitter issue. Liftoff of NROL-52 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 07:28 Eastern. NROL Launch: Following an earlier scrub after…