Tag: Lockheed-Martin
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out for launch
The Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch Morelos 3 on Friday at 6:08 a.m. EDT. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier Morelos 3 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Recap story: 100 successes and counting for United Launch Alliance
CAPE CANAVERAL — The 100th flight by United Launch Alliance took off today for deployment of a sophisticated geomobile communications satellite to bridge the digital divide in Mexico while extending the rocket company’s unparalleled record of success in launching $80 billion in space assets. It has been 100 launches of the combined Atlas and Delta…
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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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Photos: More Atlas 5 launch shots
Another batch of Atlas 5 rocket launch photos from Wednesday’s flight for the U.S. Navy carrying the Mobile User Objective System spacecraft. Photo credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin Space Systems See earlier MUOS 4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket to deploy Navy’s MUOS 4 satellite
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier MUOS 4 coverage. Our Atlas archive. Payload mated to rocket: MUOS 4 encapsulated in nose cone:
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Recap story: Atlas 5 completes heavy-duty launch assignment
Photo: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — In a breath-taking display at daybreak today, an Atlas rocket powered an enormous U.S. Navy satellite into space to close the last remaining gap and give global reach to the military’s new mobile communications system. At about 15,000 pounds, the Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 4 was a mere…
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Atlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flight
CAPE CANAVERAL — Delivering two-and-a-half million pounds of ground-shaking thrust at takeoff, more than any rocket flying from Cape Canaveral these days, the mighty vehicle was rolled from its assembly building to the launch pad Monday for Wednesday’s early morning blastoff. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with five strap-on solid-propellant boosters for…