Tag: AV-054
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X-37B spaceplane’s orbit discovered
Credit: Boeing CAPE CANAVERAL — Hobbyists who keep track of the skies with remarkable precision have found the U.S. Air Force’s mini space shuttle in its no-longer-secret orbit around the Earth. The X-37B craft, making the program’s fourth mission into space, was launched May 20 from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5…
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Video: Fourth X-37B launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the fourth mission of the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane. See our earlier launch coverage.
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Photos: Pad cameras capture Atlas 5 launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane lifts off at 11:05 a.m. EDT from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See our earlier launch coverage.
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Photos: Atlas 5 sets sail to orbit
A windowless, robotic space shuttle with stubby wings, two tail fins, its belly covered with black thermal tiles, clam-shell doors that swing open to reveal a small payload bay and a solar array that unfurls for powering ultralong-duration missions rode back into orbit Wednesday on the fourth mission of the Air Force’s reusable X-37B spaceplane…
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Launch story: X-37B embarks on fourth voyage in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL — A windowless, robotic space shuttle with stubby wings, two tail fins, its belly covered with black thermal tiles, clam-shell doors that swing open to reveal a small payload bay and a solar array that unfurls for powering ultralong-duration missions rode back into orbit Wednesday on the fourth mission of the Air Force’s…
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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…