Tag: Lockheed-Martin
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Juno recovers from reboot, but propulsion problem lingers
Artist’s concept of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno spacecraft will stay in its current long-period orbit around Jupiter until at least February, and perhaps longer, as engineers study balky valves inside the science probe’s propulsion system and an unexpected computer reboot that interrupted key functions of the orbiter earlier this month.…
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California Atlas 5 launch that was delayed by wildfire finally rescheduled
The fire did not harm the WorldView 4 satellite or Atlas 5 rocket. Credit: United Launch Alliance Seven weeks to the day after their launch was postponed by a massive wildfire and the aftermath, a commercial Atlas 5 rocket and Earth-imaging satellite are scheduled to fly on Sunday, Nov. 6 from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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GOES-R weather satellite’s ride to space being stacked at Cape Canaveral
File photo of Atlas 5 first stage being stacked. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Technicians began the painstaking work of assembling a powerful Atlas 5 rocket today, a launcher that will deploy an advanced satellite to substantially improve U.S. weather forecasting. The United Launch Alliance vehicle is targeted for liftoff no sooner than Nov. 16…
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Mission managers keeping Juno in elongated orbit until December
Artist’s concept of the solar-powered Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ground teams are buying more time to study two sluggish valves inside the Juno spacecraft’s fuel pressurization system and postponing a major engine burn that was scheduled for next week to reshape the probe’s orbit around Jupiter, officials said Friday. The rocket burn was…
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Cape gets back into rocket business after Hurricane Matthew
The Atlas 5 first stage was transported to the Cape aboard a giant Antonov aircraft. Credit: 45th Space Wing CAPE CANAVERAL — Taking delivery of the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost an advanced weather observatory into space next month, United Launch Alliance and the Air Force are back at work following disruptions from Hurricane…
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Missile warning satellite launch slips into 2017 due to thruster concerns
CAPE CANAVERAL — An Air Force missile detection spacecraft will, effectively, lose its position in the Atlas 5 rocket’s cramped manifest over the next few months after the flight-worthiness of a thruster on the satellite was called into question and delayed its Oct. 3 liftoff date. The third Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite, or…
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ULA moves to fill openings in Atlas 5 launch manifest
File photo of an Atlas 5 launch. Credit: NASA/Tony Gray & Kevin O’Connell With U.S. military demand waning in coming years, United Launch Alliance has multiple openings in its Atlas 5 launch manifest in 2017 and 2018 available to commercial customers with as little as three months’ notice, according to company officials. Commercial satellite operators…
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Atlas 5 launch postponed by wildfire, Range availability until Sept. 26
(Launch webcast begins at 11:05 a.m. PDT / 2:05 p.m. EDT / 1805 GMT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket on the pad with WorldView 4 satellite
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands atop Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the eve of Friday’s WorldView 4 mission. Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News See earlier WorldView 4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5/WorldView 4 launch timeline
This is the ascent timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe. Launch is scheduled for Friday at 11:30 a.m. local time (2:30 p.m. EDT; 1830 GMT). T+0:00:01.1: Liftoff The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…