Tag: AV-056
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Photos: More Atlas 5 launch shots
Another batch of Atlas 5 rocket launch photos from Wednesday’s flight for the U.S. Navy carrying the Mobile User Objective System spacecraft. Photo credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin Space Systems See earlier MUOS 4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket to deploy Navy’s MUOS 4 satellite
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier MUOS 4 coverage. Our Atlas archive. Payload mated to rocket: MUOS 4 encapsulated in nose cone:
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Photos: Atlas 5 puts on predawn sky show
Streaking away from Cape Canaveral less than an hour before sunrise Wednesday, an Atlas 5 launcher painted a memorable spectacle in the skies over Florida, catching the first rays of the morning as it rocketed out of the stratosphere with a U.S. Navy communications satellite. The 20-story rocket blasted off at 6:18 a.m. EDT (1018…
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Recap story: Atlas 5 completes heavy-duty launch assignment
Photo: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — In a breath-taking display at daybreak today, an Atlas rocket powered an enormous U.S. Navy satellite into space to close the last remaining gap and give global reach to the military’s new mobile communications system. At about 15,000 pounds, the Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 4 was a mere…
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Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flight
CAPE CANAVERAL — Delivering two-and-a-half million pounds of ground-shaking thrust at takeoff, more than any rocket flying from Cape Canaveral these days, the mighty vehicle was rolled from its assembly building to the launch pad Monday for Wednesday’s early morning blastoff. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with five strap-on solid-propellant boosters for…
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Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timeline
This is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching the Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 4 on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 5:59 a.m. EDT. T+0:00:01.1 Liftoff With the RD-180 main engine running, the five strap-on solid rocket boosters are lit as the Atlas 5 vehicle…
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Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
The Atlas 5 rocket will remain inside assembly building for now. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Plans to launch a Navy communications satellite aboard an Atlas 5 rocket early Monday have been interrupted by Tropical Storm Erika, an unpredictable cyclone with its sights on Florida. “We’ve been Erika’ed,” United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno tweeted.…
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Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reach
A prior Atlas 5-551 rocket rolls out. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Likened to raising a cellular tower 22,300 miles high, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will put the Navy’s fourth mobile communications satellite into space Monday in a deployment that expands the rugged smartphone system to global coverage. The predawn launch is…
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Photos: Navy satellite joins Atlas booster rocket for launch
This photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System communications satellite, already encapsulated in the 18-foot-diameter nose cone, being lifted atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas-Centaur rocket Wednesday, Aug. 19 at the Vertical Integration Facility. Launch is planned for Aug. 31 during a window of 6:07 to 6:51 a.m. EDT. Photo credit:…
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Heavy cargo mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for upcoming launch
File photo. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Hoisting a 15,000-pound satellite atop an Atlas 5 rocket today, United Launch Alliance finished assembling its next space-bound booster for liftoff Aug. 31 in support of the U.S. Navy. The launch will deliver into orbit the Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 to expand the Navy’s…