Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines that will power ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket continue to perform well in tests and that he expects the flight engines to be delivered before the end of 2021, SpaceNews reported Thursday. He told the publication the reason […] More
The Federal Aviation Administration has come up with a project website to inform the public about the proposed plan of a Sierra Nevada subsidiary to use the Space Florida Shuttle Landing Facility in Titusville, Florida, for reentry operations of its Dream Chaser vehicle. FAA said Friday Dream Chaser is a reusable reentry spaceplane from Sierra […] More
NASA will launch a payload in June in an effort to enable laser- or optical technology-based communications that can potentially deliver a bandwidth boost of 10 to 100 times than radio frequency equipment. The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration, or LCRD, will be carried by the primary spacecraft of the Department of Defense’s third Space Test […] More
The U.S. Space Force acquired signals from the Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit 5 satellite about 36 minutes after it launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The SBIRS GEO-5 satellite, which transmitted signals to the Space Delta 4 operations team, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has concluded a series of hot fire tests with the 3D printed RL10C-X engine, which is designed to generate 24,000 pounds of thrust for space rockets. The company said Tuesday it tested RL10C-X in a flight-like configuration to showcase its long-duration endurance and full mission capability.
Boeing has delivered the final piece of hardware that will complete NASA’s Space Launch System rocket intended to launch Artemis I, an uncrewed mission to the moon with the Orion spacecraft. Aboard the Pegasus barge, the 212-foot-tall rocket core stage arrived at Kennedy Space Center to be stacked with the upper stage, twin rocket boosters, a launch vehicle stage adapter and Orion, the company said Thursday.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced on Monday the successful launch of its Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle carrying the NROL-82 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), marking the 143rd successful ULA launch to date with a 100 percent mission success rate. The rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the top prize in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic response and relief as well as the advancement of U.S. space exploration and development of IT technology capabilities.
Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, said the company plans to expand the use of next-generation upper stages for the Vulcan Centaur rocket’s long-endurance missions. According to him, the space sector must now focus on reusability and explore the use of vehicles following spacecraft deployment procedures.
United Launch Alliance has shipped its Atlas V vehicle to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida ahead of launching a Lockheed Martin-built satellite that will join a constellation of missile-warning spacecraft. An Atlas V 421 rocket will send the Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit 5 satellite to orbit on behalf of the Space and Missile Systems Center, ULA said Thursday.
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