Tag: CubeSats
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Photos: Atlas 5 soars into clear skies over Cape Canaveral
Propelled by five strap-on solid rocket boosters and a Russian-made kerosene-fueled RD-180 main engine, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 26 with the U.S. military’s sixth AEHF communications satellite. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket fired away from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral at 4:18 p.m.…
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Atlas 5 launch timeline for the AEHF 6 mission
A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set to launch the U.S. Air Force’s sixth and final 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…
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Atlas 5 launch caps deployment of ultra-secure military communications network
An Atlas 5 rocket fired off pad 41 at Cape Canaveral at 4:18 p.m. EDT (2018 GMT) Thursday. Credit: United Launch Alliance The sixth and final satellite in the U.S. military’s most secure satellite communications fleet lifted off from Cape Canaveral Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, extending the network’s expected lifetime…
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Citing coronavirus concerns, Rocket Lab pauses launch operations
This aerial view of Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand earlier this year shows an Electron rocket on one launch pad, and the site’s second launch pad under construction. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab says it has paused launch operations after the government of New Zealand this week ordered most businesses closed and…
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Space Force’s first launch scheduled for Thursday
The logo of the U.S. Space Force is seen on the Atlas 5 rocket set to carry the AEHF 6 communications satellite into orbit. Credit: United Launch Alliance The first launch of a U.S. Space Force mission since the establishment of the new military service is planned Thursday, when a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s sixth and final 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 2:37 p.m. EDT on March 26.
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to launch pad at Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas 5 rocket moved to its launch pad Wednesday at Cape Canaveral, taking position for liftoff with the U.S. military’s sixth and final Advanced Extremely High Frequency secure communications satellite. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 rocket, fitted with five strap-on solid rocket boosters, completed the third-of-a-mile trip pushed by trackmobiles along…
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Italian maker of Vega rocket says launch remains on track for later this month
The Italian-built Zefiro 23 second stage for the next flight of the European Vega rocket is raised into the mobile gantry on a launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in South America. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron The head of Italian rocket-maker Avio said Thursday that preparations are…
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Final AEHF satellite mated to Atlas 5 launcher at Cape Canaveral
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 13 with launch delay to March 26. The base of the Atlas 5 rocket, fitted with five solid rocket boosters, for the launch of the U.S. Space Force’s AEHF 6 satellite. Credit: United Launch Alliance The sixth and final satellite in the U.S. Space Force’s network of secure, jam-resistant AEHF communications satellites…
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After last-minute abort, DARPA Launch Challenge ends without a winner
Astra’s small satellite launcher stands vertical at Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Credit: John Kraus/Astra Astra engineers scrubbed a launch attempt Monday at Kodiak Island, Alaska, to assess troubling data from a guidance, navigation and control sensor on the company’s new small satellite launcher, ending a bid to win up to $12 million…