Tag: AFSPC 8
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ULA to debut unflown variant of Atlas 5 rocket later this year
The Atlas 5-511 vehicle is the last of 11 versions of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket to have never flown. That will change in late 2020. Credit: United Launch Alliance The last unflown variant of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 launcher — fitted with a five-meter fairing and a single strap-on solid rocket booster…
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AEHF satellite arrives in Florida for first of nearly 20 Space Force launches this year
File photo of the liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5-551 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: United Launch Alliance The sixth and final satellite in the U.S. military’s network of ultra-secure, nuclear-hardened AEHF communications relay stations has arrived in Florida for final preparations for liftoff in March on a United Launch…
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U.S. Air Force divides new launch contracts between SpaceX, ULA
File photo of an Atlas 5 rocket launch. Credit: United Launch Alliance SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have split up to $645 million in new contracts to deploy U.S. Air Force navigation and surveillance satellites into orbit from 2019 through 2021. A Falcon 9 rocket built and operated by SpaceX will launch the Air Force’s…