Tag: Boeing
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Decision on new space station cargo contracts deferred
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station on April 17 for its sixth operational cargo delivery. Credit: ESA/NASA NASA expects to select commercial contractors to resupply the International Space Station in September, three months later than the agency’s previous timetable under a competition for cargo deliveries beginning in 2018. NASA was scheduled to…
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Stats: Atlas 5 and Delta 4 histories and backlogs (updated April 20)
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Newest GPS satellite goes into service
CAPE CANAVERAL — The world’s population can now make full use of the latest Global Positioning System satellite launched from Cape Canaveral last month. The GPS 2F-9 satellite has gone into service following its March 25 foggy liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket and subsequent month-long checkout in space. “We’re improving civilian…
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ULA sees clean handover of Boeing crew launches to Vulcan rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL — United Launch Alliance vows a “seamless” switch from the Atlas 5 to the new Vulcan rocket in launches of Boeing’s astronaut taxis. ULA is the launch provider of Boeing’s CST-100 capsule under NASA’s commercial crew program that will start ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil in 2017. On…
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Photos: More shots of Delta 4 liftoff
The 721,000-pound United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launches on-time at 2:36 p.m. EDT into a deck of low-hanging clouds over Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the GPS 2F-9 navigation satellite. Credit: ULA
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Video: Delta 4 lifts off
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was launched on-time today at 2:36 p.m. EDT carrying a new Global Positioning System spacecraft to advance the navigation network with every launch.
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Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket launches with GPS satellite
Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket with a new Global Positioning System satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Recap story: New bird flies for GPS navigation network
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Climbing away from Earth on the power of its liquid hydrogen-fueled main engine and twin solid rockets, a Delta 4 booster successfully launched a new Global Positioning System satellite Wednesday to benefit U.S. military operations and civilian society as a whole. “This thing called GPS is such a treasure to…
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Photos: Delta 4’s foggy launch
The 721,000-pound United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launches on-time at 2:36 p.m. EDT into a deck of low-hanging clouds over Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the GPS 2F-9 navigation satellite. Credit: Tim Dodd Photography