Tag: WGS

  • ULA Delta IV launches WGS-10 from Cape Canaveral

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    United Launch Alliance deployed the tenth Wideband Global Satcom satellite for the US Air Force Friday. Riding atop a Delta IV rocket, WGS-10 lift off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station deep into a 129-minute window at 8:26pm Eastern on Friday (00:26 UTC on Saturday). The WGS-10 satellite is the latest part of a…

  • ULA Delta IV successfully launches WGS-9

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    United Launch Alliance’s first Delta IV launch of 2017 carried a Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft (WGS-9) into orbit Saturday. The lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 20:18 local time (00:18 UTC), following a slightly delay related to the Swing Arm system at the pad. Delta IV Launch: Saturday’s launch will deploy…

  • ULA Delta IV launches WGS-8 satellite

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    United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a Delta IV rocket on Wednesday evening, carrying the eighth satellite in the US Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom system. The rocket lifted off with WGS-8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s SLC-37B pad at 18:52 Eastern Time (23:52 UTC). Delta IV Launch: Wideband Global Satcom 8 (WGS-8), the…

  • ULA Delta IV successfully lofts WGS-7

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    Flying with an upgraded first stage, United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully deployed the seventh Wideband Global Satcom communications satellite on Thursday. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 20:07 local time on Thursday – following the weather-related postponement of Wednesday’s opportunity. Delta IV Launch: The launch, which was the thirtieth for…

  • Three Atlas 5, Delta 4 assigned to military launches

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    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…

  • ULA Delta IV successfully launches the fourth WGS spacecraft

    ULA Delta IV successfully launches the fourth WGS spacecraft

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    United Launch Alliance have conducted the United States’ first orbital launch of the year on Thursday, when their Delta IV launched with the fourth Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft. Liftoff from SLC-37B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was on schedule for the beginning of a 93-minute launch window which opened at 19:38 local time…