Tag: Boeing
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Falcon 9’s near-term manifest coming into focus
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s launch of a cluster of communications satellites for Orbcomm, set for as soon as next weekend, holds the headlines, but the company’s Falcon 9 rocket could fly at least four times in the next two months, assuming smooth launch campaigns and no glitches.…
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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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Aerojet Rocketdyne wins propulsion contracts worth nearly $1.4 billion
An RS-25 engine fires on the test stand in Mississippi in August as part of a series of test burns to check out the engine’s new electronics controller. Credit: NASA NASA and Boeing have awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne widely-anticipated contracts to restart the production of simplified shuttle-era rocket engines for the heavy-lift Space Launch System and…
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After missing out on NASA’s next cargo contract, Boeing focuses on space taxis
An artist’s conception shows Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi in orbit. (Credit: Boeing) Boeing says it’s out of the running for NASA’s next contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but it’ll still be sending up cargo as well as astronauts on its CST-100 Starliner spaceship under the terms of different deal. The…
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NASA delays cargo award again, eliminates Boeing from contention
A SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is seen grappled by the International Space Station’s robotic arm. Credit: NASA NASA has delayed the award of new contracts for cargo transportation services between Earth and the International Space Station, and eliminated an uncrewed version of Boeing’s human-rated CST-100 Starliner capsule from the competition, officials said Thursday. The agency…
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Giant antenna deploys successfully aboard Morelos 3
CAPE CANAVERAL — Mexico’s advanced mobile communications satellite launched last month for humanitarian and national security uses has successfully blossomed in space. The $300 million Morelos 3 spacecraft was deployed Oct. 2 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Over the past month, the 11,685-pound…
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How NASA is remodeling the International Space Station, 15 years after moving in
The International Space Station has been continuously occupied since 2000. (NASA photo) Today marks the 15th anniversary of that first moving-in day for spacefliers living on the International Space Station – and like many places that have been lived in for 15 years, the ISS is in the midst of renovations. This isn’t your typical “reno,” however: There’s…
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Photos: New GPS navigation satellite powered from Earth
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation satellite. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier GPS 2F-11 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Video: Halloween liftoff of Atlas 5 with GPS 2F-11
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See earlier GPS 2F-11 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Recap story: Three Atlas 5 launch successes in one month
CAPE CANAVERAL — Completing an October to remember, the third Atlas 5 rocket launch in just 29 days thundered into space today, this time to replace an aging satellite in the Global Positioning System. Launching a commercial telecommunications satellite for Mexico on Oct. 2, two formation-flying intelligence spacecraft for National Reconnaissance Office on Oct. 8…