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Delta IV to Launch WGS-9 This Saturday After RS-68 Engine Problem

By Craig Covault, on March 16th, 2017

ULA is scheduled to launch a Delta-IV rocket with the U.S. Air Force WGS-9 satellite just after sunset this Saturday, March 18, from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral AFS, FL. In this photo, a ULA Delta-IV lofts the WGS-7 satellite from the same location. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

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First Delta IV of 2015 to Deliver GPS IIF-9 Satellite to Orbit on Wednesday

By Ben Evans, on March 23rd, 2015

A Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) booster launches the GPS IIF-6 mission in May 2014. A similar vehicle will deliver GPS IIF-9, later this week. Photo Credit: Alan Walters/AmericaSpace

After three successful flights in as many months—the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)-3 and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellites, both in January, and most […]

Long-Delayed AFSPC-4 Mission Boosted Into Orbit Atop Delta IV Rocket

By Ben Evans, on July 29th, 2014

Stunning view of the Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) vehicle boosting the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-4 mission into near-geosynchronous orbit on Monday, 28 July. Photo Credit: John Studwell/AmericaSpace

After four fruitless attempts, scuppered on Wednesday by Ground Support Equipment (GSE) issues and on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday by appalling weather conditions in the […]

Delta IV Stands Ready for Air Force's 'Neighborhood Watch' Mission

By Ben Evans, on July 21st, 2014

The most recent Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) vehicle lofted the sixth GPS Block IIF satellite on 17 May 2014. The vehicle tasked for the AFSPC-4 mission will be a similar configuration, with a 13-foot (4-meter) payload fairing and twin Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM)-60. Photo Credit: John Studwell/AmericaSpace

On its eighth mission of a […]

After Four-Month Delay, 25th Delta IV Primed for Thursday Launch of GPS IIF-5 Satellite

By Ben Evans, on February 19th, 2014

A Delta IV Medium+ 4,2 vehicle—with a 13-foot (four-meter) payload fairing and two Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM)-60s—roars toward orbit with GPS IIF-3 in October 2012. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / Zero-G News

Four months later than planned, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is ready to fly its venerable Delta IV for the 25th time […]

Faulty Valve Replacement Delays ULA's Next Delta IV Launch

By Ben Evans, on October 2nd, 2013

The Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-5 is moved onto a transporter on 17 September 2013, whilst in clean room conditions at the Navstar Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo Credit: Boeing

With a launch-heavy weekend behind us—Sunday, 29 September having seen both the successful maiden flight of […]

Boeing Communications Relay Satellites Complete Space, Earthly Testing

By Press Release, on August 22nd, 2013

Photo Credit: Jason Rhian / AmericaSpace

Two Boeing Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) have completed testing milestones – one in space and the other on Earth – marking more progress in enhancing the tracking and communications network used by NASA and its customers.

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United Launch Alliance Poised to Conduct Landmark 75th Mission

By Ben Evans, on August 14th, 2013

Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

Next month, the Centennial, Colo.-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) will hit a milestone by launching its 75th mission since the company was formed in December 2006. Already deep into processing, the Atlas V vehicle for the scheduled late September mission will deliver the U.S. Air Force’s third […]

Take Back the Night: Launch Images of Delta IV with WGS-6

By Jason Rhian, on August 11th, 2013

Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — On Aug. 7, 2013, the AmericaSpace team headed to meet representatives from the United States Air Force’s 45th Space Wing as well as those from United Launch Alliance (ULA) in preparation for the launch of ULA’s Delta IV Medium with the Wideband Global […]

Light & Sound: The Launch of ULA Delta IV Rocket with WGS-6

By Jason Rhian, on August 8th, 2013

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Video courtesy of AmericaSpace / Wired4Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Given the recent rains in the area, many of the media that assembled to cover the launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket were concerned with the mosquitoes that would assail them in the marshes where they […]

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