By Jason Rhian, on July 17th, 2013 Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing to launch an Atlas V 551 rocket with the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System 2 (MUOS-2) satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) in Florida. Liftoff is currently set to take […]
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By Jason Rhian, on May 14th, 2013 Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing to launch an Atlas V 401 rocket with the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) in Florida. Launch is currently set to take place May […]
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By Mike Killian, on October 3rd, 2012
Credit: United Launch Alliance
All systems are GO for a Thursday morning launch attempt of a United Launch Alliance Delta-IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37. The rocket will thunder into space to put the GPS IIF-3 satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIF-3 is […]
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By Mike Killian, on August 22nd, 2012
Image Credit: NASA
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission is scheduled to launch atop a 19-story tall Atlas-V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41 early Friday morning, August 24. This particular Atlas-V rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine […]
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By Mike Killian, on June 27th, 2012
United Launch Alliance poster for the NROL-15 launch has a black leopard circling a Delta IV Heavy: Image Credit: ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is less than 48 hours away from attempting to launch their sixth rocket this year, one which will carry a classified payload into orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance […]
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By Mike Killian, on June 15th, 2012
Atlas-V NROL-38 Poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is in the final days of preparing to launch their fifth rocket this year, one which will carry a classified payload into orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The mission, designated as NROL-38, is scheduled to launch atop a 19-story […]
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By Mike Killian, on May 16th, 2012
SpaceX launching their Dragon spacecraft for the first time on the COTS-1 demo flight in December 2010. Photo Credit: Mike Killian
Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, is scheduled to launch their Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:55am EDT on May 19th from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space […]
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By Mike Killian, on April 30th, 2012
United Launch Alliance always creates an attractive poster as a keepsake for every Atlas mission. Photo Credit: ULA
United Launch Alliance is readying to launch the second Advanced Extreme High Frequency (AEHF) communications satellite for the USAF atop an Atlas-V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41 this Thursday. The […]
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By Mike Killian, on April 23rd, 2012
SpaceX launching their Dragon spacecraft for the first time on the COTS-1 demo flight in December 2010. Photo Credit: Mike Killian
Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, is scheduled to launch their Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 12:22pm EST on April 30th from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space […]
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