Tag: Lift and mate
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Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morning
The SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite will be launched next week. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — Critical operations were completed this morning by United Launch Alliance at Cape Canaveral to prepare two rockets for upcoming flights into space. At the Vertical Integration Facility adjacent to Complex 41, the U.S. military’s $1.2 billion SBIRS GEO…
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Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket
A satellite to provide residential Internet services across the U.S. was hoisted aboard its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster on Saturday, Dec. 10 in preparation for liftoff on Sunday, Dec. 18. The already-encapsulated EchoStar 19 spacecraft was moved overnight from the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41. At the Vertical…
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U.S. military communications satellite moved to pad for Dec. 7 launch into space
The eight WGS mission patches. Credit: Air Force logos; Spaceflight Now graphic CAPE CANAVERAL — The next satellite to launch from Cape Canaveral — an essential communications satellite for the U.S. military and allied nations — was moved to the pad and mounted atop its Delta 4 rocket today. The eighth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft…
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Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into space
File photo of satellite in Atlas 5 rocket payload in 5-meter fairing being hoisted. Credit NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — The opening volley in the transformation of U.S. weather forecasting was mounted atop its ride to space today for the planned Nov. 19 launch that begins an $11 billion upgrade in the nation’s meteorology capability. The…
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Photos: Asteroid probe encapsulated, mounted atop Atlas 5 for launch
Technicians inched the two halves of the Atlas 5’s aluminum nose cone around NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to package the asteroid sample return probe, then moved the satellite to the rocket’s assembly building and hoisted it aboard the two-stage booster during the final days of August for the Sept. 8 launch. The United Launch Alliance rocket…
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Probe hoisted aboard launcher to leave Earth next week on asteroid adventure
File photo of Atlas payload lift and mate. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft today moved a step closer to starting a voyage to explore an uncharted world in our solar system — the mountain-sized Asteroid Bennu — by joining the booster rocket that will propel it from Earth next week.…
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Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launch
The two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites for the U.S. military were mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket on Aug. 5. Photos and video of the operation were released today. Liftoff is planned for Aug. 19 from Cape Canaveral. Photos and video by United Launch Alliance See earlier Delta…
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Air Force satellite duo mated to Delta 4 rocket for next week’s launch
File photo of first GSSAP payload delivery to pad in 2014. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Two space informants to track objects in geosynchronous orbit have been mounted atop their Delta 4 launch vehicle for liftoff Aug. 19. The United Launch Alliance rocket will carry the pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP,…
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Photos: Payload with whimsical logo painted on nose cone lifted atop Atlas
Already shrouded in the Atlas 5 rocket’s Extra Extended Payload Fairing (XEPF) aluminum nose cone, the National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-61 satellite was delivered to Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility on Tuesday, July 19 and lifted aboard the United Launch Alliance vehicle for flight. Launch is planned for Thursday, July 28 at 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237…
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Secret NRO satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for July 28 launch
Editor’s note July 20: Story updated with launch time announcement. File photo of Atlas 5 payload installation. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Crews hoisted a covert spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 booster rocket this morning for its trek into an equatorial orbit next week. United Launch Alliance will perform the deployment mission on July 28…