Tag: MUOS 3

  • Preview: Navy craft to ride milestone Atlas-Centaur launching

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    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…

  • Photos: Navy satellite readied for Atlas 5 launch

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    This photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite being encapsulated in the rocket’s nose cone and being lifted atop the Atlas-Centaur vehicle. Liftoff is planned for Jan. 20. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance  

  • Thick clouds a concern for Tuesday’s Atlas 5 launch

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      Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The preliminary weather forecast for Tuesday evening’s Atlas 5 rocket launch carrying a Navy communications satellite predicts a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions, with thick clouds the main threat against flying at 7:43 p.m. EST as scheduled. “On launch day, high pressure migrates east of the peninsula in…

  • Atlas/MUOS 3 mission stats

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    A look at the Atlas 5 launch of the Navy’s MUOS 3 satellite by the numbers. This will be… * The 634th launch for Atlas program since 1957 * The 340th Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral * The 223rd mission of a Centaur upper stage * The 200th use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket…

  • Atlas/MUOS 3 launch timeline

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    This is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching the Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 3 on Jan. 20 at 7:43 p.m. EST.   T+00:00.0    Liftoff With the RD-180 main engine running, the five strap-on solid rocket boosters are lit as the Atlas 5 vehicle…

  • Navy satellite to be hoisted atop rocket for Jan. 20 launch

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    File image of MUOS 1 being hoisted. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The payload will be mounted aboard the 200th Atlas-Centaur rocket Thursday, completing assembly of the most-powerful version of the vehicle available in the modern era. Liftoff of the MUOS 3 satellite is scheduled for Jan. 20 during an evening window of 7:42 to…

  • Photos: Navy satellite shrouded for launch

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    The sophisticated U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite to launch Jan. 20 has been wrapped up in the Atlas 5 rocket’s nose cone for the holidays. Encapsulation within the five-meter-diameter bulbous fairing occurred on Thursday. It is the third in a series of five Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites built by Lockheed Martin for the…

  • U.S. Navy communications satellite shipped to launch site

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    The U.S. Navy’s third MUOS communications satellite inside a Lockheed Martin clean room in Sunnyvale, Calif. Credit: Lockheed Martin A massive U.S. Navy satellite to launch from Cape Canaveral in January arrived in Florida on Thursday, kicking off a campaign to ready the mobile communications craft for flight. The Mobile User Objective System No. 3…