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in SpaceULA’s Penultimate Delta IV Lofts WGS-10 to Orbit for USAF
Dedicated to the memory of a former electrical installations lead for the Delta IV Program—30-year aerospace industry veteran Kurt Huschle—the second-to-last “single-stick” United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV booster roared smoothly to orbit this evening (Friday, 15 March), laden with a critical military communications asset to support U.S. and allied warfighters across the globe. More
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Penultimate Single-Stick Delta IV to Launch USAF WGS-10 on Friday
The Space Coast will be greeted by a rare spectacle on Friday evening (15 March), when United Launch Alliance (ULA) lofts the second-to-last member of its “single-stick” Delta IV fleet of boosters from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The almost-six-decade-old pad—which last saw service to launch NASA’s Parker Solar […] More
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Delta IV Medium+ (5,2) Launches Final Mission, Delivers Secretive NROL-47 Payload to Orbit
One of the least-used variants of the mighty Delta IV booster flew its final manifested mission today (Friday, 12 January), delivering the classified NROL-47 payload into orbit on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Originally targeted to fly on Wednesday, the mission was postponed by 24 hours, due to unacceptably high ground winds. A second […] More
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Ten Years, 114 Launches: ULA Celebrates Decade Milestone of First Flight
Ten years ago, on the stroke of 4 p.m. EST on 14 December 2006, a mighty Delta II booster roared away from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-2W at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Its liquid-fueled first-stage engine and six of its nine solid-fueled strap-on boosters ignited […] More
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in News, Air Force, Boeing, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Military Space, Delta IV, ULA, Space Coast, Launch, 45th Space Wing, WGS-8Delta IV Propels WGS-8 Toward Secret GEO Location
The most powerful Boeing/Air Force military communications spacecraft ever launched—the WGS 8 Wideband Global Satcom—is climbing in its super synchronous transfer orbit following a successful launch last night (Dec. 7) on board a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Medium+ rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The spectacular night liftoff into mostly clear […] More
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Most Powerful USAF Satcom Readied for Delta IV Launch Wednesday Night
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Medium+ rocket with four strap-on solid rocket motors is poised for the scheduled Dec. 7 launch of the eighth U.S. Air Force/Boeing Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-8). The night liftoff from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 37 of the 217-foot-tall Delta IV, with a 47 x 17-foot payload faring, is scheduled for 6:53 […] More
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Delta IV Set for GEO ‘We See All’ Mission
The U.S. Air Force is poised to double its geosynchronous orbit space situational awareness and satellite-to-satellite imaging with the planned Aug. 19 predawn launch of two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites on board a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Medium 4,2 vehicle with two solid rocket boosters. More
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in AmericaSpace, Space, Falcon 9, Delta IV, Atlas V, Ben Evans, ULA, Launch, Antares, Delta-IV Heavy, Orbital ATKAmerica’s Space Program Primed for New Year of Launch Accomplishments
As the world stands on the cusp of another year of space exploration activity, several U.S. launch providers—United Launch Alliance (ULA), SpaceX, and Orbital ATK—are primed to embark on perhaps the most ambitious 12 months to date, with Atlas V, Delta IV, Antares, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy rockets destined to deliver missions into low-Earth […] More
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in AmericaSpace, Space, ATK, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, International Space Station, Blue Origin, Ben Evans, ULA, astronaut2015 in Review: A Year of Success, Disappointment and Recovery
As the world bids farewell to 2015, we can reflect upon a dozen months which have seen success and failure in equal measure for America’s space program. High above our heads, unprecedented activity has been undertaken aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as NASA and its partners reconfigured the U.S. Orbital Segment (USOS) in readiness […] More
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in NASA, Air Force, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Military Space, Delta II, Delta IV, Atlas V, USA, Ben Evans, ULA, satellite, Department of Defense, Commercial Space, Technology, Launch, Delta-IV HeavyFirst Hundred, Next Hundred: ULA Celebrates Centenary, Readies for Challenges Ahead
With the dust having barely settled on the East Coast, following the Oct. 2 pre-dawn liftoff of its 100th mission—carrying Mexico’s Morelos-3 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla., United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully flew its second Atlas-V booster in less than a week, as the classified NROL-55 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office successfully rocketed out of […] More
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Fourth ULA Launch in Three Months Boosts Latest GPS Block IIF to Medium Earth Orbit
United Launch Alliance (ULA)—the Centennial, Colo.-based launch services operator of Atlas V, Delta IV and Delta II boosters, out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.—has successfully delivered the ninth of an eventual series of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF satellites into a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), […] More
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First Delta IV of 2015 to Deliver GPS IIF-9 Satellite to Orbit on Wednesday
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 recently the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS), two weeks ago—United Launch Alliance (ULA) is primed to deliver the next member of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF constellation into a […] More
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