Tag: Delta IV
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ULA Delta IV successfully launches WGS-9
United Launch Alliance’s first Delta IV launch of 2017 carried a Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft (WGS-9) into orbit Saturday. The lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 20:18 local time (00:18 UTC), following a slightly delay related to the Swing Arm system at the pad. Delta IV Launch: Saturday’s launch will deploy…
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ULA Delta IV launches WGS-8 satellite
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a Delta IV rocket on Wednesday evening, carrying the eighth satellite in the US Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom system. The rocket lifted off with WGS-8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s SLC-37B pad at 18:52 Eastern Time (23:52 UTC). Delta IV Launch: Wideband Global Satcom 8 (WGS-8), the…
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Busy December to mark end of year global launch salvo
Up to 15 orbital launches are set to take place during a very busy December, not counting the opening mission of the month that resulted in the loss of the Progress MS-04 cargo ship that was set to dock with the ISS over the weekend. This month is likely to include the highly anticipated return…
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ULA Delta IV successfully launches AFSPC-6 mission
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Delta IV rocket in the early hours of Friday morning, carrying out the AFSPC-6 mission for the US Air Force. The launch, which took place from Cape Canaveral, occurred slightly after the opening of a 65-minute window, with T-0 at 00:52 local time (04:52 UTC). Delta IV Launch:…
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ULA Delta IV launches with NROL-45
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has launched with the NROL-45 payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office on Wednesday morning. Liftoff, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, was on schedule at 03:40 local time (11:40 UTC), the opening of its launch window. Delta IV Launch: Wednesday’s mission, which was the first for the…
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ULA Delta IV successfully lofts WGS-7
Flying with an upgraded first stage, United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully deployed the seventh Wideband Global Satcom communications satellite on Thursday. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 20:07 local time on Thursday – following the weather-related postponement of Wednesday’s opportunity. Delta IV Launch: The launch, which was the thirtieth for…
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ULA Delta IV successfully launches GPS IIF-9
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the ninth Block IIF Global Positioning System navigation satellite Wednesday in an afternoon lift-off from Cape Canaveral. Liftoff, atop a Delta IV rocket, was on schedule at 14:36 EDT (18:36 UTC), at the opening of what was an 18-minute window at Space Launch Complex 37B. Delta IV Launch: The…
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ULA and Orbital ATK team up for SPP mission
NASA has selected the United Launch Alliance (ULA) to loft its Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere. The July, 2018 launch will utilize ULA’s Delta IV Heavy rocket, augmented by Orbital ATK’s Star-48 solid motor as a third stage, in order to cope with the extremely high energy required for this flagship mission.…
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Orion EFT-1 mission enters pad flow milestones
Years in the planning, and NASA’s first step toward returning humans to deep space exploration, Exploration Flight Test -1 (EFT-1) is now into the business end of launch preparations. With the Delta IV-H rolled out to the pad, the EFT-1 Orion is in the final flow milestones ahead of joining forces with the ULA rocket…
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ULA Delta IV successfully launches AFSPC-4 mission
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully deployed a pair of space surveillance satellites and a technology demonstrator for the US Air Force on Monday. With the initial attempt scrubbed via an issue with the ground support equipment environmental control system, the second, third and fourth attempts failed to avoid very poor weather over…