Tag: US Navy

  • Photos: Atlas 5 puts on predawn sky show

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    Streaking away from Cape Canaveral less than an hour before sunrise Wednesday, an Atlas 5 launcher painted a memorable spectacle in the skies over Florida, catching the first rays of the morning as it rocketed out of the stratosphere with a U.S. Navy communications satellite. The 20-story rocket blasted off at 6:18 a.m. EDT (1018…

  • Recap story: 200th Atlas-Centaur launching delivers Navy satellite

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    Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Launching for the 200th time and loaded with one of its heaviest cargoes ever, the Atlas-Centaur rocket flexed its muscle and sped away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night with a U.S. Navy satellite for mobile communications to the military and White House. Igniting at 8:04 p.m. EST (0104 GMT)…

  • Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off with Navy satellite

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    Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

  • Photos: Navy satellite readied for Atlas 5 launch

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    This photo gallery shows the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite being encapsulated in the rocket’s nose cone and being lifted atop the Atlas-Centaur vehicle. Liftoff is planned for Jan. 20. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance  

  • Atlas/MUOS 3 launch timeline

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    This is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching the Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 3 on Jan. 20 at 7:43 p.m. EST.   T+00:00.0    Liftoff With the RD-180 main engine running, the five strap-on solid rocket boosters are lit as the Atlas 5 vehicle…

  • Navy satellite to be hoisted atop rocket for Jan. 20 launch

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    File image of MUOS 1 being hoisted. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The payload will be mounted aboard the 200th Atlas-Centaur rocket Thursday, completing assembly of the most-powerful version of the vehicle available in the modern era. Liftoff of the MUOS 3 satellite is scheduled for Jan. 20 during an evening window of 7:42 to…

  • Photos: Orion spaceship unloaded from USS Anchorage

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    Fresh home from a high-flying test flight Friday that took it 3,600 miles above Earth, NASA’s Orion spacecraft was pulled off a U.S. Navy recovery ship Monday night for initial inspections before a cross-country trip to its home base in Florida. Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily…

  • Orion spacecraft back on land

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    The USS Anchorage arrives at Naval Base San Diego on Monday evening. Credit: NASA A U.S. Navy transport ship carrying NASA’s first space-worthy Orion capsule arrived Monday in San Diego, where ground crews will offload the spacecraft for shipment back to its home port at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Orion capsule could…

  • Photos: Orion capsule plucked from the Pacific

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    A recovery team stationed in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California secured NASA’s Orion spacecraft and winched it into the flooded well deck of a U.S. Navy transport ship Friday after the capsule splashed down into the sea to wrap up a successful four-and-a-half hour test flight. U.S. Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal…