Tag: ULA
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ULA Atlas V successfully launches with GPS IIF-8 satellite
In what is proving to be a dramatic week for space flight, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket made its fiftieth flight on Wednesday, tasked with orbiting the GPS IIF-8 satellite for the US Air Force. Liftoff from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral was on schedule at the start of an eighteen minute window that opened…
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Atlas 5 rocket rolled to Cape Canaveral launch pad
The 50th Atlas 5 rocket arrives at the launch pad. Photo: United Launch Alliance. An Atlas 5 rocket has been rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral for blastoff Wednesday to deploy a replacement satellite to strengthen the Global Positioning System for U.S. military forces and the worldwide economy. The United Launch Alliance…
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Orion EFT-1 mission enters pad flow milestones
Years in the planning, and NASA’s first step toward returning humans to deep space exploration, Exploration Flight Test -1 (EFT-1) is now into the business end of launch preparations. With the Delta IV-H rolled out to the pad, the EFT-1 Orion is in the final flow milestones ahead of joining forces with the ULA rocket…
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ULA Atlas V successfully launches secretive CLIO mission
United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V rocket Tuesday evening, carrying into orbit a classified payload called CLIO for an undisclosed agency of the United States government. The launch occurred at the end of the launch window at 20:10 (00:10 UTC), following weather-related issues at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Atlas V launch: The payload for…
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Mysterious satellite launched from Florida by Atlas 5 rocket
Rocketing through gloomy skies with a payload clouded in a veil of secrecy, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday to deploy a satellite thousands of miles above Earth. An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Tuesday night. Credit: United Launch Alliance.…
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ULA Atlas V launches WorldView-3 satellite out of Vandenberg
United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducted a commercial Atlas V launch on Wednesday on behalf of Lockheed Martin, orbiting DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 imaging satellite. The launch, which marked the first commercial Atlas mission to fly out of Vandenberg, occurred after a trouble-free countdown at 11:30 local time (18:30 UTC). Atlas V Mission: Based on the WorldView-2 satellite,…
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EFT-1 Orion targets morning launch on December 4
The long-awaited debut flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft has been scheduled for a morning launch on December 4, a major milestone after nearly 10 years of development. With a window of around 60 minutes, her ride uphill on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV-Heavy rocket is targeting a T-0 of 08:03 Eastern Time, from…
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ULA Atlas V successfully launches GPS IIF-7 satellite
The third GPS launch of 2014 took place on Friday evening, with the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V lofting the GPS IIF-7 satellite into space. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) was on schedule at 23:23 local time (03:23 UTC Saturday), following a smooth countdown. Atlas V Mission:…
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ULA Delta IV successfully launches AFSPC-4 mission
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully deployed a pair of space surveillance satellites and a technology demonstrator for the US Air Force on Monday. With the initial attempt scrubbed via an issue with the ground support equipment environmental control system, the second, third and fourth attempts failed to avoid very poor weather over…
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Space surveillance craft launched by Delta 4 rocket
A Delta 4 rocket roars away from Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 37 carrying a pair of covert satellites. Photo: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL – A pair of covertly developed inspector satellites to monitor collision threats and nefarious activities in geosynchronous orbit for U.S. Strategic Command blasted off Monday aboard a Delta 4 rocket. The…