Tag: Launch
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ULA calls off launch of triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket, will try again Saturday
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT) on Aug. 27 with confirmation of SAOCOM 1B delay. Updated at 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 GMT) on Aug. 27 with delay until Saturday. United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket is revealed late Wednesday with the removal of the mobile gantry on pad 37B at Cape Canaveral Air…
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Delta 4-Heavy likely heading for geosynchronous orbit with surveillance payload
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Aug. 28 before second launch attempt. Updated Sept. 28, 29 and 30 before subsequent launch attempts. The top secret intelligence-gathering payload for the U.S. government set for launch Wednesday on top of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket is likely the next in a line of sensitive eavesdropping satellites designed to intercept radio signals…
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Photos: Mobile gantry retracted from ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy for Aug. 27 launch attempt
Towering more than 30 stories tall, the mobile gantry structure at the Delta 4-Heavy rocket’s launch pad at Cape Canaveral was wheeled into position for liftoff of the triple-core launcher Thursday with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The mobile gantry — which weighs around 9 million pounds — is moving on rail…
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Live coverage: Launch of Delta 4-Heavy aborted seconds before liftoff
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket with the classified NROL-44 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. United Launch Alliance’s live launch broadcast begins at 1:52 a.m. EDT (0552 GMT) Thursday, Aug. 27.
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SES orders two more Falcon 9 launches from SpaceX
File photo of a Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX SES announced Thursday it has tapped SpaceX for two additional Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral to deliver more Boeing-built O3b mPower broadband satellites into orbit, adding to a pair of Falcon 9 flights ordered…
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Images: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, catches rocket’s payload fairing
Credit: SpaceX Photo and video imagery from the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday show the launcher vaulting into space from Cape Canaveral with another batch of nearly 60 Starlink satellites, followed by the successful recovery of the rocket’s first stage booster and payload shroud offshore. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off from…
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SpaceX adds more satellites to ever-growing Starlink network
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 Tuesday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News A Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 58 more broadband relay nodes for SpaceX’s Starlink Internet network took off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, bringing the total number of Starlink craft launched since May 2019 to 653…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission will launch SpaceX’s 11th batch of Starlink broadband satellites, plus three SkySat Earth-imaging satellites for Planet. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission…
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More Starlinks and SkySats ready for launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral
Three Planet SkySat Earth-imaging satellites will accompany 58 SpaceX Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket launch set for Tuesday. Credit: SpaceX The last planned batch of high-resolution SkySat commercial Earth-viewing reconnaissance satellites owned by Planet will accompany 58 Starlink broadband relay stations on a climb into orbit Tuesday from Cape Canaveral on top of…
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Next Delta 4-Heavy launch on schedule for Aug. 26
United Launch Alliance technicians lower a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload on top of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket July 27. Credit: United Launch Alliance The flight of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket set for Aug. 26 from Cape Canaveral continues the Delta rocket family’s countdown to retirement. With five Delta 4-Heavy missions left…