Tag: Delta IV-H
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Last West Coast Delta IV Heavy launches with NROL-91
United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket made its last West Coast launch on Saturday, carrying out a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, as it moves one flight closer to retirement. Liftoff of the NRO Launch 91 (NROL-91) mission from Space Launch Complex 6 — at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California…
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NASA Launch Services Program outlines the alternative launcher review for EM-1
With a mid-2020 Administration deadline for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) fast approaching, NASA tasked its Launch Services Program (LSP) to study commercial launch alternatives for sending its Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit on an uncrewed test flight. Delays in the assembly and test schedule for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) booster assigned to launch EM-1…
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ULA Delta IV-Heavy launches NROL-71 following lengthy delay
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket launched Saturday with the mysterious NROL-71 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from SLC-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A series of technical and weather-related scrubs hampered the launch attempts, prior to a lengthy stand down to fix a hydrogen leak that scrubbed the final attempt…
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Parker Solar Probe, ULA enter final pre-launch processing marathon
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is in its final, home-stretch of processing prior to its scheduled launch which is now No Earlier Than (NET) 6 August 2018 atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The mission, which will be humanity’s first to “touch the surface of the Sun”, is preparing for encapsulation inside its…
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SpaceX, ULA near-term manifests take shape, SpaceX aims for 1st RTLS at Vandenberg
With the first half of 2018 in the books, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance’s near term launch manifests are taking shape with an exciting 15 day period between 20 July and 4 August during which four flights are scheduled. SpaceX has also officially filed paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission, FCC, to perform the first…
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Parker Solar Probe in integrated testing, launch on track for July 2018
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have attached the Parker Solar Probe’s solar shadow-shield for final, integrated vehicle testing ahead of launch. The probe, which will be the first to “touch the Sun” is being readied for an anticipated 31 July 2018 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket…
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Parker Solar Probe in integrated testing, launch on track for July 2018
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have attached the Parker Solar Probe’s solar shadow-shield for final, integrated vehicle testing ahead of launch. The probe, which will be the first to “touch the Sun” is being readied for an anticipated 31 July 2018 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket…
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ULA Delta IV-Heavy successfully lofts NROL-37
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket beat the weather and launched a top secret payload into space for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-37) on Saturday. Launch from Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral was on schedule at the start of the window that opened at 1:51pm Eastern (17:51 UTC).…
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Delta IV-H WDR as ULA lines up its immediate and long-term goals
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully conducted a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) on Thursday for its Delta IV- Heavy tasked with the launch of the NROL-37 spacecraft. Meanwhile, the company is continuing to evaluate the underperformance issue with its most recent Atlas V mission, while agreements were signed for its future rocket, the Vulcan – specifically…
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EFT-1 Orion completes historic mission
For the first time since 1981 NASA test flew a new vehicle designed to carry astronauts into space. The unmanned Exploration Flight Test 1 mission, the maiden flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, launched during the second launch attempt atop a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, prior to a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.…