Tag: Delta 2

  • ULA year in review

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    CAPE CANAVERAL — A record number of Atlas 5 launches, the return of Delta 2 and a Delta 4-Heavy at the dawn of a new space exploration era highlighted 2014 for United Launch Alliance. The company performed 14 missions this year from Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California using nine…

  • Soil moisture mapper fueled for January launch

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    Artist’s concept of the SMAP spacecraft in orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s innovative soil moisture mapper, a new environmental satellite launching in January, has been fueled up for blastoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. To be carried aloft by a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket, the liftoff is slated for Jan. 29 at…