Tag: Boeing
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Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day simulation for its next Air Force mission
Mission poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise today to prepare for its Dec. 7 liftoff to deliver a U.S. military communications satellite into space. Today’s operation, an abbreviated version of a Wet Dress Rehearsal, saw the mobile service…
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Delta 4 rocket on the pad for military satellite launch in December
File photo of Delta 4 rollout. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — The Delta 4 rocket that will launch the U.S. military’s highest capacity communications satellite ever built was rolled to the pad this week. The two-stage booster moved from the Horizontal Integration Facility to the Complex 37B pad and erected on the launch…
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NASA has no plans to buy more Soyuz seats, and it may be too late anyway
File photo of a Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA NASA is sure enough that Boeing and SpaceX can safely launch astronauts to the International Space Station by early 2019 to hold off paying Russia to keep flying U.S. crews to the research complex, and one official says a deadline to…
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FAA puts key Amazon, UPS, Facebook and Google execs on Drone Advisory Committee
An Amazon delivery drone. Photo via Amazon. Gur Kimchi, the vice president of Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery operation, has been named along with a variety of other tech executives to a Drone Advisory Committee that “will help the FAA prioritize its activities, including the development of future regulations and policies” for unmanned aircraft in U.S. airspace. Gur…
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Photos: Ariane 5 lights up the night in French Guiana
An Ariane 5 rocket ignited its hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine and two solid rocket boosters to send two Intelsat communications satellite into orbit this week, casting a brilliant glow across its launch base carved from the jungle of French Guiana. The European launcher blasted off atop 2.9 million pounds of thrust at 2216 GMT…
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Launch timeline for the Ariane 5 rocket’s 87th flight
An Ariane 5 rocket will fire into the sky from French Guiana just after sunset Wednesday and deliver nearly 12 tons of payload to an orbit reaching 22,000 miles up less than a half-hour later. The nearly 180-foot-tall (55-meter) launcher will blast off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 2155 GMT (5:55 p.m. EDT; 6:55 p.m.…
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off with two Intelsat satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Intelsat celebrates double success with Ariane 5 launch
The Ariane 5 rocket ignited its Vulcain 2 main engine at 2216:01 GMT (6:16:01 p.m. EDT), then fired its two solid rocket boosters seven seconds later to soar away from the ELA-3 launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG Two U.S.-built Intelsat communications satellites destined for different missions fired…
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Ariane 5 go for launch with all-American payload
The Intelsat 33e satellite is seen during launch preparations in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin Launch managers in French Guiana on Monday approved plans to loft two U.S.-built communications for Intelsat aboard an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday. The launch readiness review Monday gave the “go” for launch…
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Photos: A drive around the Ariane 5 launch pad
Take a trip around the perimeter of the Ariane 5 rocket’s launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, where two Intelsat communications satellites are poised for liftoff Wednesday at 2155 GMT (5:55 p.m. EDT; 6:55 p.m. local time). The ELA-3 launch zone at the French-run Guiana Space Center is nestled in a wilderness near the northern…