Tag: United Launch Alliance
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Timeline: Atlas 5/WorldView 4 ascent profile
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe. Launch is scheduled for Friday at 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. EST; 1830 GMT). T+0:00:01.1: Liftoff The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Preview: Atlas 5 and WorldView 4 ready to fly after wildfire delay
Credit: United Launch Alliance The belated launch of a powerful Earth-imaging satellite that will take the highest resolution pictures in the market, postponed by an unprecedented wildfire near the pad, is scheduled to fly on Friday. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will propel the WorldView 4 spacecraft into a sun-synchronous polar orbit from…
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Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into space
File photo of satellite in Atlas 5 rocket payload in 5-meter fairing being hoisted. Credit NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — The opening volley in the transformation of U.S. weather forecasting was mounted atop its ride to space today for the planned Nov. 19 launch that begins an $11 billion upgrade in the nation’s meteorology capability. The…
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360 virtual reality: WorldView 4 launch animation
DigitalGlobe’s 360 virtual reality preview of Friday’s WorldView 4 satellite launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. local time to reach a sun-synchronous polar orbit more than 380 miles above Earth. See earlier WorldView 4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5 rocket to launch space station cargo delivery mission in March
– Posted at 12:01 a.m. – Updated at 10:15 a.m. with Orbital ATK statement File photo of Atlas 5 launch. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Calling on the Atlas 5 rocket to flex its muscles one more time, Orbital ATK will partner with United Launch Alliance once again to send a massive load of supplies…
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California Atlas 5 launch that was delayed by wildfire finally rescheduled
The fire did not harm the WorldView 4 satellite or Atlas 5 rocket. Credit: United Launch Alliance Seven weeks to the day after their launch was postponed by a massive wildfire and the aftermath, a commercial Atlas 5 rocket and Earth-imaging satellite are scheduled to fly on Sunday, Nov. 6 from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
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GOES-R weather satellite’s ride to space being stacked at Cape Canaveral
File photo of Atlas 5 first stage being stacked. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Technicians began the painstaking work of assembling a powerful Atlas 5 rocket today, a launcher that will deploy an advanced satellite to substantially improve U.S. weather forecasting. The United Launch Alliance vehicle is targeted for liftoff no sooner than Nov. 16…
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Delta 4 rocket on the pad for military satellite launch in December
File photo of Delta 4 rollout. Credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now CAPE CANAVERAL — The Delta 4 rocket that will launch the U.S. military’s highest capacity communications satellite ever built was rolled to the pad this week. The two-stage booster moved from the Horizontal Integration Facility to the Complex 37B pad and erected on the launch…
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Ambitious space missions in small packages win free launch slots on Atlas 5
An artist’s concept of a cubesat in space. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Student-built miniature satellites to demonstrate 3D printing to make repairs in space, a mission to study solar explosions hitting the Earth, a technology test for deorbiting smallsats and a precursor to a commemorative time capsule have won free launches into space aboard…
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Ambitious space missions in small packages win free launch slots on Atlas 5
An artist’s concept of a cubesat in space. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Student-built miniature satellites to demonstrate 3D printing to make repairs in space, a mission to study solar explosions hitting the Earth, a technology test for deorbiting smallsats and a precursor to a commemorative time capsule have won free launches into space aboard…