Tag: communications
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Photos: Assembling Atlas 5 rocket to launch Mexican satellite
Relive all of the steps to stack the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility for the Morelos 3 satellite deployment mission. The first stage was erected initially, followed by a pair of strap-on solid-fuel boosters, the combined interstage and Centaur upper stage, then the encapsulated satellite payload. Photos: United…
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Preview: Mexican communications reform counting on Atlas 5 rocket
An Atlas 5-421 vehicle (like the one pictured) will launch the Morelos 3 satellite. Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services CAPE CANAVERAL — Desperately needing a successful deployment to modernize the communications infrastructure for its citizens, Mexico is counting on the Atlas 5 rocket to safely launch a new satellite Friday. Mexico was burned by a…
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Mexican communications satellite put aboard Atlas 5 rocket for launch
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A 12,000-pound Mexican mobile communications satellite was hoisted atop its Atlas 5 rocket today as crews finished assembling the vehicle for United Launch Alliance’s 100th liftoff next week. The Friday, Oct. 2 launch will deliver into a high-perigee geosynchronous transfer orbit the Morelos 3 spacecraft on its way to a…
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Commercial Atlas 5 rocket stacking begins for Mexican launch
File photo. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Assembly of a 19-story Atlas rocket started today for a commercial launch next month to aid Mexico’s telecommunications reform aimed at economic growth and the betterment of its societal welfare. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket began to take shape at the Vertical Integration Facility, located adjacent…
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Atlas 5 rocket awarded commercial launch for EchoStar
File photo of Atlas 5-431 rocket. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A powerhouse Internet-from-space communications satellite will be launched from the Cape next year atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, officials announced Wednesday. The commercial EchoStar 19 spacecraft is targeting a late 2016 launch aboard an Atlas 5 rocket flying in its 431…