Tag: Launch
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Photos: Atlas 5 delivers success on 70th Launch
For its 70th launch in 14 years, the Atlas 5 rocket carried the NROL-79 payload into space for the National Reconnaissance Office. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier NROL-79 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5 powers covert reconnaissance payload to orbit on its 70th mission
Performing a successful spacelift mission for the U.S. spy satellite agency, an Atlas 5 rocket delivered a surveillance package into orbit today believed by analysts to be another pair of tandem sleuths to scoop up radio signals from adversarial ships at sea. Liftoff came at 9:49:51 a.m. local time (12:49:51 p.m. EST; 1749:51 GMT) from…
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Video: NROL-79 launch aboard Atlas 5
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 191 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 860,000 pounds of thrust from its main engine at 9:49:51 a.m. local time (12:49:51 p.m. EST; 1749:51 GMT) today to launch the secret NROL-79 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. See…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches SBIRS GEO Flight 3
Launching a highly sophisticated infrared surveillance satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See earlier SBIRS GEO Flight 3 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5 rocket successfully delivers vital national asset into space
CAPE CANAVERAL — A new infrared reconnaissance satellite for one of the United States’ highest priority space programs — making early detection of enemy missile launches — was successfully delivered into orbit Friday by an Atlas 5 rocket. The United Launch Alliance booster, flying its its basic two-stage varient, gracefully climbed from Complex 41 at…
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Video: Missile alert satellite launches atop Atlas 5
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 189 feet tall and and weighing 720,000 pounds, unleashes 860,000 pounds of thrust from its main engine to launch the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 early-warning satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Launch preparations See earlier SBIRS GEO Flight 3 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Another SBIRS soars atop Atlas 5
The Atlas 5 rocket lifted the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 missile warning sentinel into orbit, advancing space technology for surveillance and security. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images See earlier SBIRS GEO Flight 3 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: First ULA mission of the year blasts off
Marking United Launch Alliance’s first rocket flight in 2017, beginning its year of national security and science-enabling missions, the Atlas 5 rocket departs Cape Canaveral carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier SBIRS GEO Flight 3 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Final batch of EchoStar 19 launch shots
With a 2-to-1 thrust-to-weight ratio, the million-pound United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashed two-million pounds of ground-shaking thrust to power away from its seaside launch complex at 2:13 p.m. EST (1913 GMT) Sunday with the EchoStar 19 satellite. Credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin/United Launch Alliance See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19 broadband satellite
Launching a high-capacity satellite to beam the Internet into homes across rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage. Our Atlas archive.