Tag: Preview
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Preview: Atlas 5 to execute another space-lift mission for U.S. spy satellite agency
An Atlas 5-421, pictured here, will be used to launch NROL-52. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — An early bird rocket launch from the Florida spaceport will take to the skies before dawn Saturday when an Atlas 5 lofts a classified U.S. government satellite. United Launch Alliance will send up the clandestine NROL-52 payload…
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Preview: ULA milestone launch for National Reconnaissance Office set
Patches of the 25 NRO missions, including this week’s upcoming launch, that have been entrusted to ULA rockets. United Launch Alliance, a union of Atlas and Delta rockets formed a decade ago for U.S. government spacelift needs, will conduct its 25th deployment mission for the country’s spy satellite agency Thursday night. The milestone launch in…
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Preview: NASA science-enabling relay satellite poised for launch
The TDRS-M spacecraft is encapsulated in the Atlas 5’s nose cone for atmospheric ascent. Credit: NASA-KSC TV CAPE CANAVERAL — Resembling a cocooned insect with antennas and appendages tucked snuggly to its body for launch, NASA’s latest communications relay hub will be shot into space Friday to blossom in geosynchronous orbit for routing signals to…
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Preview: Cygnus ship sending abundance of science to ISS
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, the Cygnus was tilted to the horizontal position for final stowage of cargo.Credit: NASA/Bill White CAPE CANAVERAL — Carrying more science research gear to the International Space Station than ever launched before by U.S. commercial logistics vehicles, the next Orbital ATK Cygnus freighter takes flight…
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Science: Cygnus to make science-enabling delivery to the space station
The Orbital ATK and NASA logos for the OA-7 Cygnus mission. Credit: Orbital ATK and NASA CAPE CANAVERAL — Loaded with investigations into chemotherapy drugs with reduced side effects and radiation detectors for homeland security, a plant-growing chamber to promote future food harvesting in space and a technology demonstration for sample-return capsules, a commercial Cygnus…
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Preview: U.S. military satellite purchased by coalition forces to be launched Saturday
WGS 9 will be launched by a Delta 4 Medium+ (5,4) rocket. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — Signaling strength in the international cooperation between the U.S. military and allied nations, a satellite funded by five countries will be launched by the Air Force on Saturday to codify a global communications deal. A United…
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Preview: Atlas 5 to provide spacelift for U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
The NROL-79 commemorative poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance Taking a U.S. national security satellite payload into space is the primary objective of the 70th Atlas 5 booster that will be launched Wednesday. The United Launch Alliance rocket, flying for the 35th time in its basic two-stage version with no solids, is scheduled for liftoff around…
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Preview: Advanced missile detection satellite for early-warning alerts awaits liftoff
The mission patch. Credit: Air Force CAPE CANAVERAL — Culminating years of construction and testing, a $1.2 billion satellite designed to spot and track enemy missiles threatening the United States homeland, its deployed military forces abroad or allied nations will ascend to a surveillance post in space Thursday. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket…
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Preview: Satellite will beam high-speed Internet across America
An artist’s concept of EchoStar 19 deployed in space. Credit: Hughes CAPE CANAVERAL — A sophisticated communications satellite launches into orbit atop an Atlas 5 rocket Sunday to bring residential high-speed Internet to parts of the U.S. that must look to space for connectivity. Getting EchoStar 19 aloft begins with a ride to super-synchronous transfer…
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Preview: Upgraded satellite for military communications to launch
A Delta 4 rocket will launch the WGS 8 satellite on Wednesday. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — The backbone of the U.S. military’s global communications network, relied upon by soldiers, ships, jets, aerial drones and allied nations around the world, will receive a new satellite with unprecedented capacity following its launch Wednesday atop…