By Mike Killian, on February 25th, 2021
ULA’s next Delta IV Heavy rocket now stands atop its West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for the upcoming NROL-82 mission. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced today their next mammoth Delta IV Heavy rocket has arrived at its Space Launch Complex (SLC)-6 launch pad […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 4th, 2020
NROL-44 will be the 12th flight of the gargantuan Delta IV Heavy. Photo Credit: ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is now targeting Dec 10 to launch the long-delayed NRO-44 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla, following repeated scrubbed launch attempts atop a Delta IV Heavy […]
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By Mike Killian, on November 7th, 2020
Atlas V with NROL-101 awaits launch before being moved off the pad for Tropical Depression Eta. Photo: Jeff Seibert / AmericaSpace
ULA and their Atlas V rocket with its classified NROL-101 payload onboard will wait at least a few more days before another launch attempt, as the company has moved the booster off its […]
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By Mike Killian, on August 13th, 2020
File photo of a previous Delta IV Heavy NRO launch from Cape Canaveral, FL. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is deep into processing for their next mission, following a very successful launch and deployment of NASA’s Rover ‘Perseverance’ to Mars recently on their workhorse Atlas V rocket.
Designated NROL-44, […]
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By Mike Killian, on October 15th, 2017
LIFTOFF of the NROL-52 classified payload atop a ULA Atlas-V from SLC-41 on Cape Canaveral AFS Oct 15, 2017. Credits: AmericaSpace / Mike Killian
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, […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 20th, 2017
NROL-42 Mission Patch. Credit: NRO
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.
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By Craig Covault, on May 2nd, 2017
Liftoff of NROL-76 from pad 39A, the first SpaceX launch of a National Reconnaissance Office payload. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
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 […]
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By Craig Covault, on April 29th, 2017
NROL-76 will mark the first launch by SpaceX of a classified military payload, putting the company deep into ULA territory. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace
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 […]
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By Craig Covault, on March 1st, 2017
ULA kicked off a busy month of flights today with launch of the NRO 79 mission with two top secret Intruder ocean surveillance satellites on board an Atlas-V 401 rocket. Photo Credit: Robert Fisher / AmericaSpace
United Launch Alliance (ULA) kicked off a busy month of flights today with the apparent successful launch […]
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By Craig Covault, on February 28th, 2017
The mission patch for the NRO 79 satellites has a woman warrior with an owl-eye “modification” and a Medusa shield to carry out “Victory With Intelligence” in Latin on the shield. Credit: NRO
The U.S. Air Force’s 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg AFB Calif., along with United Launch Alliance (ULA) and the National […]
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