An Atlas V 531 rocket carrying a national security payload from the National Reconnaissance Office took off Nov. 13 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read More »ULA Preps Atlas V Rocket for NRO Launch; Gary Wentz Quoted
United Launch Alliance has begun final preparations for its Atlas V vehicle ahead of launching a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read More »ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Begins Final Preps for Mars 2020; Gary Wentz Quoted
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket has entered the final preparation phase ahead of the Mars 2020 mission in which NASA’s Perseverance rover will conduct a probe of the Martian surface to support planetary research.
Read More »ULA Prepares for Second GPS III Satellite Launch
United Launch Alliance is in the last stage of preparations for the launch of the second satellite that will provide the U.S. military with Global Positioning System III service.
Read More »ULA to Carry Air Force Cubesat Rideshare Payload on AEHF-5 Mission
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket will carry a cube satellite for the U.S. Air Force along with the service’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite as a rideshare payload, Space News reported Monday.
Read More »ULA Atlas V Rocket Shipped to Cape Canaveral for Integration
United Launch Alliance has delivered its Atlas V rocket booster to Cape Canaveral, Fla., for a mission to send astronauts to the International Space Station, AL.com reported Thursday.
Read More »ULA Helps Launch Air Force’s WGS-10 Comms Satellite
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket lifted off Friday carrying the U.S. Air Force’s satellite communications platform designed to support U.S. forces and allied troops.
Read More »ULA Sets Launch Schedule for USAF’s 10th Wideband Comms Satellite; Gary Wentz Quoted
United Launch Alliance is set to launch the U.S. Air Force’s 10th wideband communications satellite using its Delta IV rocket on Friday.
Read More »ULA Preps Atlas V Rocket for Fourth AEHF Military Comms Satellite Launch; Gary Wentz Quoted
United Launch Alliance has begun final preparations to launch a Lockheed Martin-built military communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday at Cape Canaveral AF Station in Florida. ULA said Friday its Atlas V 551 rocket will carry the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft designed to help command and tactical forces transmit data. …
Read More »Jim Centore: Blue Origin to Continue BE-4 Rocket Engine Tests
Jim Centore, group lead for orbital mission operations at Blue Origin, has said the company started to run tests on its BE-4 rocket engine in October 2017 at its facility in West Texas and will continue the testing phase over the next several months, SpaceNews reported Saturday. “We’re getting longer …
Read More »ULA Updates Atlas V Aerodynamic Configuration for Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft; Gary Wentz Comments
Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance has updated the aerodynamic configuration of a rocket designed to launch a crew capsule Boeing is building for NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program. ULA said Thursday the new Atlas V configuration will incorporate an aeroskirt aft of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in efforts to extend the vehicle’s service module cylindrical surface and help manage loads margins …
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