Tag: Boeing
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Decision looms on when to introduce new SLS upper stage
Artist’s concept of the Space Launch System’s upgraded upper stage with four RL10 engines. NASA officials want to introduce the new upper stage on the first crewed SLS launch in 2021, if budgets allow. Credit: Boeing NASA officials are waiting to see if Congress adds funding to the agency’s budget next year to kick-start development…
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Enter the Starliner: Boeing names its commercial spaceship
Boeing’s commercial human-rated spaceship designed to ferry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station will be named the CST-100 Starliner, extending the company’s naming theme to the final frontier, officials announced Friday. The Boeing-operated crew capsule was known as simply the CST-100 before Friday, and managers said the craft will be ready to…
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Boeing’s new laser gun incinerates drones in 15 seconds
Boeing’s new laser system is designed to disable drones. Drones are everywhere these days — straying onto the White House lawn and disrupting wildfire operations. Now, Boeing has developed a new laser technology designed to wipe out drones — especially those that could cause threats to military personnel. Photo via Boeing. “Silent, invisible and precise—Boeing’s…
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Proton back in action with successful launch for Inmarsat
The Proton rocket with Inmarsat 5 F3 launched at 1144 GMT (7:44 a.m. EDT) Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: ILS Russia’s Proton rocket returned to flight Friday with the successful deployment of a powerful new communications satellite for Inmarsat of London in the workhorse rocket’s first flight since a launch failure in May. The…
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Live coverage: Proton blasts off on return-to-flight mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Proton rocket and the Inmarsat 5 F3 mobile communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Suffredini leaves NASA – $490m heads to Roscosmos
The International Space Station (ISS) Program has named Kirk Shireman as its new manager, following the departure of Mike Suffredini. The news came hours after NASA administrator Charlie Bolden modified the Agency’s contract with Roscosmos, to the tune of an extra $490m, to cover projected delays to the Commercial Crew Program. New ISS Chief: Mr. Shireman –…
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Video: Delta 4 launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Delta 4 rocket carrying the seventh satellite for the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM constellation. See our earlier WGS 7 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with WGS 7
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite No. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See our earlier WGS 7 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Seventh satellite in Air Force’s WGS series launched
CAPE CANAVERAL — A U.S. military satellite that will fortify the “anytime, anywhere” communications infrastructure used by soldiers, ships, aircraft and drones was launched into orbit Thursday to improve the global connectivity that encompasses the planet. The $566 million Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft No. 7 was hauled aloft by a United Launch Alliance Delta 4…
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket fires off the pad before sunset
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was launched Thursday at 8:07 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 to deploy the Wideband Global SATCOM 7 military communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images See our earlier launch coverage. Our earlier Delta archive.