Tag: AV-052
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New Navy satellite spreads wings, unfurls antennas in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL — The massive U.S. Navy communications satellite launched from Cape Canaveral two weeks ago has completed prescribed maneuvers to reach geosynchronous orbit and successfully unfurled its umbrella-like antenna reflectors. Checkouts of the spacecraft — expected to last several months — are getting underway high above the Pacific Ocean testing location before the bird…
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Photos: Atlas 5 streaks into the night
A final batch of launch photos from the successful AV-052 mission of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Navy’s MUOS 3 communications satellite. Photo credit: James Murati/Bionetics
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Photos: Ride along with the Atlas during ascent
Cameras mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket provided remarkable views of the nighttime ascent Tuesday, from liftoff through deployment of the U.S. Navy’s MUOS No. 3 mobile communications satellite. Main engine start. Liftoff! Solids burning well. Separating the SRBs. First stage jettison from the Centaur. Ignition of the Centaur engine lights up…
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Readers share their views of Tuesday’s Atlas 5 launch
A powerful Atlas 5 rocket fitted with a kerosene-burning main engine and five solid-fueled boosters lit up Florida’s Space Coast with Tuesday night’s blastoff carrying a U.S. Navy communications satellite into orbit. We present a sample of launch photos submitted by Spaceflight Now’s readers. Photo credit: Ed Dosado (https://www.facebook.com/EDosadoPhotography) Photo credit: John C. Karjanis (http://reflecting50for50.zenfolio.com)…
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Video: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off
The Range problem gets resolved and the countdown resumes for liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Navy’s MUOS 3 mobile communications satellite.
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Recap story: 200th Atlas-Centaur launching delivers Navy satellite
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Launching for the 200th time and loaded with one of its heaviest cargoes ever, the Atlas-Centaur rocket flexed its muscle and sped away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night with a U.S. Navy satellite for mobile communications to the military and White House. Igniting at 8:04 p.m. EST (0104 GMT)…
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Photos: Atlas in the roll
The Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch MUOS No. 3 Tuesday evening. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance The sun sets over Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 following Monday’s rollout of the Atlas 5 rocket to the launch pad for the…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with Navy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.