By Mike Killian, on October 27th, 2019
The Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27, 2019. The X-37B OTV is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. Credit: USAF
Residents of Florida’s ‘Space Coast’ in […]
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By Ben Evans, on April 14th, 2018
Late day launch for ULA today, April 14, 2018, as Atlas V delivered the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 mission to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
Pummeling the ground with an estimated 2.5 million pounds (1.1 million kg) of thrust, the largest and most powerful member of […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on March 3rd, 2018
InSight arrives inside its shipping container at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Feb. 28, 2018. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin Space
NASA’s next Mars mission is another step closer to taking flight – the InSight spacecraft has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California, ahead of a launch this coming May. The […]
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By Mike Killian, on February 16th, 2018
The launch of Iridium-4 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on December 22, 2017, from Vandenberg AFB, CA, caused a lot of clueless people to freak out as the booster was an amazing sight in sunset’s fading twilight. Photo: SpaceX
UPDATE FEB 17: – The Falcon 9 was rolled out to its launch […]
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By Mike Killian, on February 9th, 2018
The flight-proven first stage which launched GovSat-1, floating in the ocean after conducting a very high retrothrust landing in water. SpaceX hoped to tow it back to shore, but claims the booster fell apart before they could carry out an unplanned recovery. Multiple trusted anonymous sources claimed it was taken out by the […]
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By Mike Killian, on February 8th, 2018
The flight-proven first stage which launched GovSat-1, floating in the ocean after conducting a very high retrothrust landing in water. SpaceX hoped to tow it back to shore, but called in the Air Force to blow it up instead. Credit: Elon Musk via Twitter
UPDATE 2/9/2018: SpaceX issued a statement denying any USAF […]
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By Mike Killian, on January 22nd, 2018
The inaugural SpaceX Falcon Heavy atop launch pad 39A for testing recently. Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace
The federal government shutdown currently underway will impact the nation’s ability to launch space missions, and not just government missions either. SpaceX is currently testing their inaugural Falcon Heavy rocket on pad 39A at the Kennedy […]
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By Mike Killian, on January 21st, 2018
LIFTOFF of the rarely seen Atlas-V 411 variant, headed to space with SBIRS GEO-4. Photo: John Kraus / AmericaSpace
ULA just launched the fourth satellite of the U.S Air Force Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Orbit (SBIRS) program, also known to the Pentagon as the nation’s highest priority space program for preventing nuclear […]
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By Mike Killian, on January 18th, 2018
Sunset at Launch Complex 41, where a ULA Atlas-V rocket stands ready to launch to the fourth U.S. Air Force Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Orbit (SBIRS GEO-4) spacecraft Thursday evening. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace
UPDATE:
The first launch attempt on Jan 18 was scrubbed, below is ULA’s statement:
“Launch of […]
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By Mike Killian, on December 21st, 2017
SBIRS GEO Flight 4, the next Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite to join the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) during assembly and test at Lockheed Martin’s satellite manufacturing facility in Sunnyvale, California. Credit: Lockheed Martin
Teams at Cape Canaveral AFS in Florida have been given a GO to begin loading […]
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