Tag: AFSPC-5
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with X-37B spaceplane
(Launch webcast begins at 10:45 a.m. EDT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane on its fourth mission into space. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Citizen-funded CubeSat ready to go solar sailing
Credit: Josh Spradling / The Planetary Society A shoebox-sized satellite conceived and funded by members of the Planetary Society, an advocacy organization co-founded by Carl Sagan, is fastened to an Atlas 5 rocket for launch Wednesday to test one of the late celebrity-astronomer’s futuristic concepts for exploring the cosmos. Sagan and other proponents of solar…
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Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad for X-37B launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands poised for flight with the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane and a batch of CubeSats including the LightSail. The rocket was rolled to Complex 41 on Tuesday in preparation for launch on Wednesday. Photo credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
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Preview: X-37B spaceplane to journey back into space Wednesday
CAPE CANAVERAL — An experiment-carrying, reusable mini space shuttle operated by the U.S. Air Force will be boosted into Earth orbit Wednesday atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. It will be the fourth flight of the military’s X-37B program, also known as Orbital Test Vehicle mission No. 4. The project is run inside…
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Photos: X-37B gallery archive
This is a collection of images taken during the three previous flights of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mini space shuttle. Photo credit: Air Force, Boeing and United Launch Alliance
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Videos: Launch and landing archive of X-37B mini space shuttle
The fourth flight of the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is scheduled for launch atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral. Let’s take a look back at the three previous missions in these video clips: OTV 1 Launch on April 22, 2010: Landing on Dec. 3 2010: OTV 2 Launch on…
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Photos: Atlas 5 and X-37B mated together for upcoming launch
CAPE CANAVERAL — The Air Force’s miniature space shuttle and its ride to orbit have been joined together inside an assembly building at Cape Canaveral in preparation for launch May 20. The X-37B spaceplane will be boosted into space atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, flying in its 501 varient with a big…
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NASA gives more information on its experiment aboard the X-37B
CAPE CANAVERAL — In addition to carrying an Air Force electric propulsion thruster test, a materials research investigation sponsored by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will be flying aboard the X-37B miniature spaceplane later this month. Liftoff is targeted for May 20 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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New details emerge about electric propulsion experiment aboard X-37B
Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — All systems are now “go” for launch of the Air Force’s X-37B mystery spaceplane on May 20 from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. Officials had delayed the X-37B launch by two weeks — from May 6 to no earlier than May 20 — due to an undisclosed…
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Fourth X-37B flight a month away from launching
File photo. Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — The U.S. Air Force on Friday made its first public confirmation that the X-37B unmanned space shuttle will be launched next month on the fourth flight of an Orbital Test Vehicle. “We are excited about our fourth X-37B mission,” said Randy Walden, the director of the Air…