Tag: Launch
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Video: Delta 4 launches before dawn from California
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching on the NROL-45 satellite-deployment mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. See earlier Delta 373 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Photos: Delta 4 launches on secret NROL-45 mission
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-45 spy satellite payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta 373 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Videos: Atlas 5 caps a generation of GPS launches
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Global Positioning System 2F-12 satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, completing 27 years and 61 flights of the GPS 2 generation. See earlier GPS 2F-12 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Recap story: Last GPS satellite of its generation arrives in space
CAPE CANAVERAL — The main engine rumbling to life. Ice shards breaking free. The rocket lumbering off the pad. The battle against gravity being won once again. That was the scene at 8:38 a.m. EST (1338 GMT) Friday morning as the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster took flight to cap a generation of Global…
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches navigation craft from Cape Canaveral
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the GPS 2F-12 satellite for use by the U.S. military and billions of civilians around the world. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier GPS 2F-12 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Cygnus up, up and away aboard Atlas 5
More photos show the successful liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft for Orbital ATK and the International Space Station. Photo Credit: Spaceflight Now Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter Scriptunas II Credit: Walter…
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket aims for International Space Station
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Orbital ATK Cygnus commercial cargo-delivery spacecraft for the International Space Station. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus in hot pursuit of space station
CAPE CANAVERAL — Bound for an orbital rendezvous with the International Space Station on Wednesday, a commercial Cygnus freighter was successfully launched by an Atlas 5 rocket this afternoon to restart American cargo deliveries to the research outpost. The United Launch Alliance booster rocket lifted off at 4:44:57 p.m. EST (2144:57 GMT) from Cape Canaveral…
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Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 on space station cargo mission
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Orbital ATK’s commercial Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Video released from Atlas 5 rocket launch of cubesat flock
Remarkable rocketcam video footage of the Oct. 8 flight a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from California has been released to show its hitchhiker cubesat payloads shooting into orbit. The mission blasted off before dawn from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the classified NROL-55 flight for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The video begins…