Tag: GSSAP
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Preview: Two space informants to be launched to geosynchronous orbit
Payload fairing logo for this launch. CAPE CANAVERAL — The Air Force will launch a second pair of small security probes 22,300 miles above the Earth using a Delta 4 rocket on Friday to alert ground controllers of impending space collisions and monitor potential meddling with U.S. orbiting assets. The once-classified Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness…
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Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launch
The two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites for the U.S. military were mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket on Aug. 5. Photos and video of the operation were released today. Liftoff is planned for Aug. 19 from Cape Canaveral. Photos and video by United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta…
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Air Force satellite duo mated to Delta 4 rocket for next week’s launch
File photo of first GSSAP payload delivery to pad in 2014. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Two space informants to track objects in geosynchronous orbit have been mounted atop their Delta 4 launch vehicle for liftoff Aug. 19. The United Launch Alliance rocket will carry the pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP,…
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Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day rehearsal for its next Air Force mission
CAPE CANAVERAL — A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise this week to prepare for its Aug. 19 liftoff to deliver a pair of orbital surveillance satellites into space. Known as a Wet Dress Rehearsal, the test at Complex 37 was conducted on Wednesday, July 27, a…
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Delta 4 rolls out for second launch in ‘neighborhood watch’ effort
File video of Delta 4 rollout. Courtesy of NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Just three weeks after the Delta 4-Heavy rocket left the launch pad on its way to a successful satellite-deployment mission for U.S. national security, a smaller booster in the family has rolled out for its August military flight. The United Launch Alliance Delta…
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Space surveillance craft launched by Delta 4 rocket
A Delta 4 rocket roars away from Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 37 carrying a pair of covert satellites. Photo: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL – A pair of covertly developed inspector satellites to monitor collision threats and nefarious activities in geosynchronous orbit for U.S. Strategic Command blasted off Monday aboard a Delta 4 rocket. The…