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  • Orbital ATK Provides Hardware for ULA Satellite Launch Missions With NASA, NRO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Provides Hardware for ULA Satellite Launch Missions With NASA, NRO

    Orbital ATK provided composite structures and motors for three rockets that  United Launch Alliance used to send one NASA spacecraft and two National Reconnaissance Office payloads into orbit. ULA launched the Boeing-built Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M as well as the NROL-42 and NROL-52 national security satellites using Atlas V rockets within an eight-week period, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. Orbital ATK manufactured […] More

  • ULA's Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Atlas V Carries NRO Natl Security Payload to Orbit

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has deployed a National Reconnaissance Office payload into space aboard its Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The NROL-52 payload lifted off Sunday at 3:28 a.m. Eastern time to support NRO’s national security mission, ULA said Sunday. The company launched NROL-52 using an Atlas […] More

  • ULA's Atlas V Sends NRO-42 Natl Security Payload to Space - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA’s Atlas V Sends NRO-42 Natl Security Payload to Space

    United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has launched a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California into orbit using an Atlas V rocket. NROL-42 lifted off Sunday at 1:49 a.m. Eastern time aboard the Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 541 configuration vehicle as part of NRO’s national security mission, ULA said Sunday. EELV […] More