Tag: Stacking
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Buildup of unusual launcher begins for NASA’s asteroid sample return mission
File photo of first Atlas 5-411 launch in 2006 with ASTRA 1KR satellite. Credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin CAPE CANAVERAL — It is a rocket like no other, a vehicle with a single solid-fuel booster mounted to its side, that will launch NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe next month to bring back a sample of Asteroid Bennu. The…
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Photos: NROL-45 payload fitted atop Delta 4 for launch
This collection of photographs shows the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-45 payload, already encapsulated in the Delta 4 nose cone, being moved from the payload processing facility at Space Launch Complex 6 and lifted atop the United Launch Alliance rocket for flight on Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Photos by United Launch…
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Oldest GPS navigation satellite to be retired with next launch
File photos of Atlas 5 stacking process. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A new Global Positioning System craft will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit next month to replace a satellite that has operated in space for 25 years. Stacking of the two-stage launcher for ULA’s first mission of 2016 began…
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Oldest GPS navigation satellite to be retired with next launch
File photos of Atlas 5 stacking process. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — A new Global Positioning System craft will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit next month to replace a satellite that has operated in space for 25 years. Stacking of the two-stage launcher for ULA’s first mission of 2016 began…
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Atlas 5 for third launch this month begins coming together
File photo. ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With its liftoff just 18 days away to deploy a new Global Positioning System satellite, stacking of the next United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket began today at the vertical assembly building outside Complex 41. It will be the third launch just this month for the Atlas 5 program,…
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Atlas 5 team begins stacking most powerful variant for Navy launch
The mission poster. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Continuing a run of military satellite deployments this summer, United Launch Alliance has begun stacking the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost the Navy’s next mobile communications craft. The 15,000-pound Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 4 is scheduled for launch atop the most-powerful version of the…
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Stacking of 55th Atlas 5 rocket starts
File image of Atlas first stage stacking. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Beginning its fourth launch campaign of the year, the Atlas 5 rocket program has started stacking the vehicle that will boost a satellite 11,000 miles high for the Global Positioning System. United Launch Alliance crews commenced the assembly work today at Cape Canaveral’s…
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Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payload
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With its new homeport in renovated NASA space shuttle hangars off in the distance, the Air Force’s X-37 mini spaceplane will be launched from Cape Canaveral on May 6 for its fourth journey into orbit. The Orbital Test Vehicle will be the primary payload aboard the next United Launch Alliance…