By Ben Evans, on January 26th, 2021
@NASA, @ULALaunch & @Boeing are targeting NET 25 March for CST-100 Starliner test flight to @Space_Station, as STPSat-3 mission slips for “launch readiness evaluations”. […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 5th, 2021
@NASA_Landsat #Landsat9 mission draws one step closer to Sept 2021 launch, with successful design review completion of ESPA Flight System (EFS). […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 4th, 2020
@LockheedMartin has completed @AF_SMC’s next #SBIRS infrared early warning guardian in record time & put most recent #GPSIII satellite for @SpaceForceDoD through testing in record time. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 4th, 2020
@SpaceX will launch a brand-new #Falcon9 core just after sunset Thursday, to deliver #GPSIII into orbit for @SpaceForceDoD. […]
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By Ben Evans, on October 21st, 2020
@ULALaunch has welcomed #MightyAtlas hardware for @SpaceForceDoD #USSF8 mission to Florida. Launch targeted for early next year. […]
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By Ben Evans, on October 8th, 2020
@Boeing & @AF_SMC have completed 1st-ever, all-virtual Preliminary Design Review for #WGS11+ satellite, due for launch later this decade. […]
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By Ben Evans, on September 7th, 2020
With 1 launch already in the bag, @SpaceX is readying for up to 4 #Falcon9 launches in Sept, including the critical #GPSIII04 for @SpaceForceDoD […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 17th, 2020
Atlas V lifts off from Cape Canaveral with the X-37B OTV spaceplane on the USSF-7 mission. Credit: ULA
Following a one-day scrub on Saturday, United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully despatched its third Atlas V of the year early Sunday, 17 May, to deliver the highly secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) mini-shuttle into low-Earth […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 7th, 2020
The X-37B mini-shuttle (left) has flown five missions since April 2010. Its sixth flight, which kicks off NET Saturday, 16 May, promises to be its most ambitious yet. At right, the Common Core Booster (CCB) is raised to the vertical in the doorway of the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41. […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 26th, 2020
The first mission under the newly formed U.S. Space Force took flight today from Cape Canaveral, FL, as a ULA Atlas V rocket launched the AEHF-6 SATCOM. Photo: ULA
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has successfully delivered its first major payload on behalf of the newly-formed U.S. Space Force, following Thursday afternoon’s spectacular 4:18 p.m. […]
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