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NROL-44 Scrubs, SpaceX Set for Two Launches Sunday
United Launch Alliance scrubbed their latest launch attempt with NROL-44 for a second time overnight, and will now stand down for the next week, giving SpaceX the eastern range to launch their next batch of Starlinks from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A at 10:12 a.m. EDT. Another mission, SAOCOM-1B, is ready to launch too from Cape […] More
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Delta IV Heavy NROL-44 Launch Scrubbed, Will Try Again Saturday
@ULALaunch & @NatReconOfc has scrubbed & rescheduled for Friday. More
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in Falcon 9, NROL, Delta-IV HeavyWeather Looks Good for Potentially Historic Week of 3 Launches at Cape Canaveral
@ULALaunch #MajesticDelta & @SpaceX #Falcon9 are primed for a triple-header week of missions that will rock the Space Coast. More
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As One Year Passes Since ‘First-Last’ Delta IV Mission, NROL-44 Readies for Wednesday Launch
As @ULALaunch observes 1st anniversary of the “first-last” Delta IV mission, #MajesticDelta has 5 more Delta Heavy tricks up its sleeve before retirement comes a’calling. More
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in News, United Launch Alliance, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Atlas V, ULA, Launch, NROL, 45th Space Wing5th Time the Charm, Watch ULA Launch NROL-52 from our Remote Cameras
It took five tries, scrubbed x3 for bad weather and once for a technical issue, but ULA finally got the classified NROL-52 payload off the ground and into space, launching atop an Atlas-V rocket from SLC-41 on Cape Canaveral AFS, FL at 3:28 a.m. EDT. More
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in News, Air Force, Military Space, Atlas V, ULA, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vandenberg AFB, Launch, NROL, NROL-42ULA to Launch NROL-42 ‘Trumpet’ Eavesdropping Satellite from Vandenberg Thursday
ULA is all systems GO for a launch attempt tomorrow night, Sep 21, from Vandenberg AFB, CA with a classified surveillance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), after completing a launch readiness review earlier today. More
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in News, Air Force, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Military Space, Falcon 9, satellite, Department of Defense, DoD, Space Coast, Commercial Space, Launch, NROL, 45th Space Wing, NROL-76PHOTOS: SpaceX Launches First Classified Mission, Lands Fourth Falcon on Dry Land
On May 1 at 7:15 a.m EDT, SpaceX and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launched the NROL 76 spacecraft on a 58 deg. trajectory up the U.S. east coast, flying atop a Falcon 9’s nearly 1.7 million pounds of thrust from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. Launch had been delayed by a […] More
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in News, Air Force, KSC, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX, Military Space, Falcon 9, satellite, Space Coast, Launch, NROL, 45th Space WingNRO 76 Launch To Put SpaceX Deep In ULA Territory Sunday
The National Reconnaissance Office NRO 76 mission set for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center early Sunday Apr. 30, could introduce a new or upgraded class of NRO intelligence spacecraft on the first classified mission flown by a SpaceX Falcon 9. SpaceX was cleared by the Air Force to fly secret military missions in 2015; NROL-76 […] More
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in News, Air Force, United Launch Alliance, Military Space, ULA, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vandenberg AFB, Launch, NROL, NROL-79Vandenberg Atlas-V Lofts NRO-79 Ocean Surveillance Satellites
United Launch Alliance (ULA) kicked off a busy month of flights today with the apparent successful launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. of the National Reconnaissance Office NRO 79 mission with two top secret Intruder ocean surveillance satellites on board an Atlas-V 401 rocket. Liftoff into clear skies from Vandenberg’s SLC-3 East came at 9:49:51 a.m […] More
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Atlas-V NRO-79 Intruder Mission Readied For Wednesday Launch To Track Ships
The U.S. Air Force’s 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg AFB Calif., along with United Launch Alliance (ULA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), are poised for the planned March 1 launch of the NRO-79 mission carrying the Intruder 8 Ocean Surveillance satellite payload on board an Atlas-V 401 rocket. The launch period for the secret […] More
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in News, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Military Space, Atlas V, ULA, satellite, Space Coast, Technology, Launch, NROL-61Successful NRO/ULA NRO-61 Launch Bolsters Secret Relay
The successful launch today of the 11,000-lb National Reconnaissance Office NRO 61 geosynchronous orbit, real-time relay spacecraft has given the U.S. a major new capability to speedily forward high-resolution imagery and other intelligence data from lower orbiting platforms to processing and distribution centers on the ground. NRO 61’s nearly 200-ft-tall United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V […] More
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in News, Air Force, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Military Space, Atlas V, ULA, Technology, Launch, MUOS-5, NROL-61Top-Secret NRO-61 Relay Set for Liftoff Thursday as MUOS-5 Finally Climbing to Orbit
Two major military space and intelligence operations vital to U.S. national security and future combat operations are underway this week. More
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