Tag: Centaur
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Sierra Nevada selects ULA’s Vulcan rocket to launch Dream Chaser missions
The Vulcan Centaur rocket configured to launch Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser spaceplane will fly with a dual-engine Centaur upper stage and four strap-on solid rocket boosters. Credit: United Launch Alliance Sierra Nevada Corp. has booked at least six launches on United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket to carry Dream Chaser supply ships into orbit…
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Photos: Atlas 5 paints the sky with spectacular sunrise launch
Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now Skywatchers and early risers across Florida enjoyed dazzling views of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket climbing into space Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral with a U.S. military communications satellite. Flying in its most powerful configuration with five strap-on solid rocket boosters, the Atlas 5 blasted off from…
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Atlas 5 launch adds to U.S. military’s secure communications satellite network
An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off at 6:13 a.m. EDT (1013 GMT) Thursday from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: United Launch Alliance A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired into space Thursday from Cape Canaveral with a $1.1 billion U.S. Air Force communications satellite, delivering fresh capacity for the…
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Atlas 5 launch timeline on the AEHF 5 mission
A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set to launch the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite from Cape Canaveral. This timeline shows the major mission events planned over a nearly six-hour flight to an optimized geostationary transfer orbit. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket, propelled by an RD-180 main engine and five…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to launch pad 41
Credit: United Launch Alliance Set to fly in its most powerful configuration with five solid rocket boosters, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Tuesday in preparation for a planned blastoff two days later with a U.S. military communications satellite. The rollout two days before launch…
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Photos: AEHF 5 satellite encapsulated for launch
The U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, designed for secure, jam-resistant communications, is set for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. These photos show the AEHF 5 satellite during encapsulation inside the Atlas 5’s payload shroud. The AEHF 5 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, will join four other satellites…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ULA’s live video coverage of the Atlas 5 launch will begin at 5:24 a.m. EDT on Aug. 8. Spaceflight Now members can watch…
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ULA delays Atlas 5 launch to August
File photo of an Atlas 5 launch last year carrying the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Advanced EHF communications satellite. The next Atlas 5 flight, now set for no earlier than Aug. 8, will loft the fifth AEHF relay satellite for the Air Force. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance is pushing back its next…
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Next Atlas 5 launch delayed by battery failure
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 28 with new target launch date of July 17. The Atlas 5’s payload fairing, containing the Air Force’s AEHF 5 communications satellite, was transferred to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad June 15. Credit: United Launch Alliance The next launch of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s…
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ULA begins stacking Atlas 5 rocket for late June launch
The first stage of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket arrives at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Friday. Credit: United Launch Alliance The bronze first stage of United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas 5 rocket arrived at its Cape Canaveral launch pad Friday, where it will be joined by five solid-fueled boosters, a Centaur upper stage and…