Tag: military space
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Military satellite joined with Delta 4 rocket at Cape Canaveral
Artist’s illustration of a Wideband Global SATCOM satellite in orbit. Credit: Boeing The addition of a U.S. Air Force communications satellite has capped the assembly of a 218-foot-tall (66-meter) United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at Cape Canaveral set for liftoff the evening of March 13. The Air Force’s 10th Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite…
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Delta 4-Heavy launch with spy satellite pushed back to January
A Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on Dec. 19. Credit: United Launch Alliance After unusual concentrations of hydrogen around the rocket foiled a launch attempt Dec. 19, United Launch Alliance said Friday that the company’s powerful Delta 4-Heavy launcher and a U.S. government spy satellite will…
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Delta 4-Heavy countdown aborted moments before launch
Video credit: United Launch Alliance A dramatic automatic abort 7.5 seconds before the planned liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket Saturday night kept the towering launcher on the pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, with a top secret spy payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The 233-foot-tall (71-meter) rocket was counting…
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Photos: Delta 4-Heavy poised for launch with U.S. spy satellite
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands 233 feet (71 meters) tall at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, ready for liftoff Saturday night carrying a top secret U.S. government spy satellite into orbit. The triple-core rocket measures 53 feet (16 meters) wide with its three first stage boosters bolted together.…
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Live coverage: Delta 4-Heavy launch scrubbed again
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket with the National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-71 payload. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ULA’s live video coverage of the Delta 4 launch will begin Dec. 19 at 5:24 p.m. PST (8:24 p.m. EST; 0124 GMT on Dec. 20).
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Russia launches first Soyuz rocket since Oct. 11 accident
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 0015 GMT Thursday (8:15 p.m. EDT Wednesday) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far northern Russia. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A Soyuz rocket delivered a Russian military intelligence satellite to orbit Thursday after lift off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia’s far northern Arkhangelsk region, the first flight of a…
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Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force”
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, delivered remarks at Monday’s meeting of the National Space Council at the White House. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Catching observers off guard, President Trump, in remarks before a National Space Council Meeting at the White House Monday, officially directed to Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with Navy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Preview: Navy craft to ride milestone Atlas-Centaur launching
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The 200th Atlas-Centaur rocket, history some 52 years in the making, will blast off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral to deliver a U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite into orbit. It is the most-powerful United Launch Alliance Atlas-Centaur configuration available, the 551 varient that will feature five strap-on solid-fuel boosters. Liftoff is…
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U.S. military’s X-37B space plane lands in California
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane touches down at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Credit: Boeing The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane concluded its third mission Friday, streaking through the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and gliding to an automated landing on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after spending a…