Tag: United Launch Alliance
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Launch America getting new access gantry for astronauts
CAPE CANAVERAL — A groundbreaking Friday ceremonially commenced construction of an astronaut access tower at United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 launch pad in Florida, a 200-foot-tall gantry that will add to the future of U.S. human spaceflight. Atlas 5 rockets will launch Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation-100 capsules starting in mid-2017, leading to NASA astronaut taxi…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket assembled for NASA satellite launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket that will hurl the four MMS satellites into a highly elliptical Earth orbit on March 12 has completed its basic build up at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility. The spacecraft will fly in formation for the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission to gain new insights into the connections…
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Delta 4 on pad for next GPS launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — The Delta 4 rocket to launch the next Global Positioning System satellite to sustain the orbiting navigation network has been rolled out to the launch pad. The United Launch Alliance vehicle is scheduled for launch March 25. The rocket is created by taking a Common Booster Core — the liquid hydrogen-fueled motor…
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Photos: Final batch of SMAP launch shots aboard Delta 2 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifts off with NASA’s SMAP observatory at 6:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo credit: William G. Hartenstein / United Launch Alliance “We had a terrific ride into space aboard the United Launch Alliance’s Delta 2 vehicle. They deposited…
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Atlas 5 rocket assembly starts for NASA launch in March
CAPE CANAVERAL — The Atlas rocket to launch four formation-flying spacecraft for NASA in March began to take shape Wednesday at the assembly building adjacent to the Complex 41 pad. The United Launch Alliance-made rocket will haul the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, satellites into orbit to study magnetic field explosions. Liftoff is targeted for…
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Photos: Gallery of Delta 2 launch
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifts off with NASA’s SMAP observatory at 6:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Photo
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Video: Highlights of weekend’s Delta 2 launch
The United Launch Alliance flight highlights reel for the Delta 2 rocket and NASA’s SMAP observatory from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch camera replays provide these different angles of the Delta 2 rocket launching with SMAP.
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Three Atlas 5, Delta 4 assigned to military launches
CAPE CANAVERAL — Three rockets under the existing Block Buy between the Pentagon and United Launch Alliance have been assigned configurations and payloads. The $382.9 million, fixed-price contract awarded last week covers a Delta 4 rocket and two Atlas 5 vehicles that will launch in the next two years. “We are enormously honored to be…
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Photos: Delta 2 rocket blasts off with SMAP satellite
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 was launched Saturday at 6:22 a.m.local time with NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
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Camera aboard Delta 2 rocket watches SMAP begin life in orbit
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — A video camera mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket beamed back remarkable views of NASA’s SMAP spacecraft being deployed into orbit and opening its solar panels Saturday. “I guess most people saw that wonderful spacecraft separation video that we had that was transmitted back to us from…