Tag: NGLS
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ULA working to reduce five launch pads to two
Vandenberg’s SLC-6. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — The nation’s existing Atlas and Delta launch sites are vying for a future when United Launch Alliance completes its modernization with a new rocket system and downsizing to one pad on each coast. The rocket operator, a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, currently…
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Two more options added to ULA’s rocket naming poll
Fans of classical mythology and the fictional Star Trek universe can vote for two new candidates as the name of United Launch Alliance’s next generation rocket, with Vulcan and Zeus joining three other options in an online poll revealed earlier this week. ULA’s president and chief executive Tory Bruno announced the vote’s two new names…
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ULA wants you to help pick name of new rocket
File photo of an Atlas 5 rocket on the launch pad with NASA’s Juno spacecraft in August 2011. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Eagle? Freedom? GalaxyOne? United Launch Alliance wants public input in the naming of a next-generation launcher designed to replace the historic Atlas and Delta rocket lines in the 2020s. The top three finalists were…
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Could Delta rockets soon be a thing of the past?
File photo of a Delta 4 launch from July 2014. Credit: United Launch Alliance With as few as 15 more launches on the calendar over the next five years, the rocket name “Delta” that has been serving the U.S. and international customers since 1960 could permanently fade into history. United Launch Alliance, the current maker…