Tag: Centaur
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ULA test-fires first Vulcan rocket at Cape Canaveral
Watch replay of our live coverage of the Flight Readiness Firing for United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SFN Live”] [tabbyending] EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 12 to change reference to igniters, which are not single use. United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan Centaur rocket completed…
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ULA delays Vulcan test-firing to troubleshoot engine ignition system
ULA stacked the first stage for the first Vulcan rocket test flight onto a mobile launch platform Jan. 25 inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance called off a test-firing of the company’s first flight-rated Vulcan Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral Thursday to troubleshoot…
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First Vulcan rocket rolls back to hangar for ‘adjustments’ prior to test-firing
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated May 17 with additional Tory Bruno comments. United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket rolls out to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on May 11. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance’s first Vulcan rocket was filled with methane and liquid oxygen propellants at Cape Canaveral last week for a tanking test, but…
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Following in the footsteps of Saturn, SLS prepares for test flight
As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next week, the Artemis program prepares to follow in the footsteps of Apollo, which first carried humans to the Moon in the 1960s. SLS will fly uncrewed just once before carrying astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II, while the Orion…
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As Centaur turns 60 years old, ULA prepares to evolve Centaur V
60 years ago, on May 8, 1962, Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A – designated Atlas Centaur-1 (AC-1) – lifted off from the newly-constructed Launch Complex-36A (LC-36A). AC-1 was the first flight test of the hydrogen-powered Centaur upper stage. Since the maiden flight of Centaur, the stage has flown on several different rocket families across six decades. Centaur has…
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As Centaur turns 60 years old, ULA prepares to evolve Centaur V
60 years ago, on May 8, 1962, Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A – designated Atlas Centaur-1 (AC-1) – lifted off from the newly-constructed Launch Complex-36A (LC-36A). AC-1 was the first flight test of the hydrogen-powered Centaur upper stage. Since the maiden flight of Centaur, the stage has flown on several different rocket families across six decades. Centaur has…
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Photos: ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
Carrying a sophisticated billion-dollar missile detection satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday with 1.6 million pounds of thrust from a Russian RD-180 main engine and twin solid rocket boosters. The 194-foot-tall (59-meter) Atlas 5 rocket lifted off at 1:37 p.m. EDT (1737…
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Atlas 5 rocket launches infrared missile detection satellite for U.S. Space Force
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off with the U.S. military’s SBIRS GEO 5 satellite. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now An upgraded, cyber-hardened $1 billion satellite to support the U.S. military’s missile defense systems rode into orbit from Cape Canaveral Tuesday at the tip of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 launches with missile warning satellite for U.S. military
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”ULA Broadcast”] [tabby title=”Live shot of launch pad”] [tabbyending] United Launch Alliance’s live launch broadcast begins at 1:11 p.m. EDT (1711…
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Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO 5 launch timeline
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after scrub May 17 to reflect new launch date. This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the SBIRS GEO 5 satellite for U.S. military infrared reconnaissance. Launch is scheduled for Tuesday at 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT). The Atlas 5…