Tag: United Launch Alliance
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ULA year in review
CAPE CANAVERAL — A record number of Atlas 5 launches, the return of Delta 2 and a Delta 4-Heavy at the dawn of a new space exploration era highlighted 2014 for United Launch Alliance. The company performed 14 missions this year from Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California using nine…
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Record-setting Atlas launches with new Centaur engine
Credit: ULA A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket put on a display of power, sound and light Friday evening at Vandenberg Air Force Base in launching a clandestine national security payload, then successfully debuted a new upper stage engine as it flew over the horizon. “This is the most powerful Atlas vehicle ever launched…
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Photos: Atlas launch seen from press site
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashes two million pounds of thrust at 7:19 p.m. to blast off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the NROL-35 mission. Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
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Orbital picks Atlas 5 to launch next space station cargo run
File photo of an Atlas 5 launch in the “401” configuration, the same version that launch Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus supply ship in late 2015. Credit: ULA Orbital Sciences Corp. announced Tuesday it selected United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket to launch a Cygnus space station resupply mission in late 2015 while the company redesigns its…
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Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine Thursday
The NROL-35 mission logo. Credit: NRO The most powerful Atlas rocket to ever fly from the West Coast is poised for launch Thursday to deliver a secret payload into orbit while debuting a new upper stage engine. Lifting off on two million pounds of thrust, the 20-story rocket will fire away from Vandenberg Air Force…
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Rocket cameras dazzle on 50th Atlas 5 rocket launch
The first stage separates from the Centaur upper stage. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Onboard video cameras captured critical events during Wednesday’s 50th Atlas 5 rocket launch, beaming back views in stunning clarity of staging and spacecraft separation. The United Launch Alliance booster lifted off at 1:21 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 in…
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50th Atlas 5 rocket puts up new GPS satellite
Image: United Launch Alliance. CAPE CANAVERAL — Launching for the 50th time, an Atlas 5 rocket flew a milestone mission Wednesday in deploying a Global Positioning System satellite for the worldwide utility. Blasting off exactly on-time at 1:21 p.m. EDT, it marked the 17th consecutive Atlas to have been fueled and launched on a single…
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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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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches with navigation satellite
Mission Status Center Live coverage of the flight of a United Launch Alliance Atlas rocket and the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 2F-8 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.