Tag: Wideband Global SATCOM
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Multi-national contribution to U.S. military network delivered for launch
The next satellite for the U.S. military’s communications network, this one purchased by five international allies, has arrived in Florida for its launch in March atop a Delta 4 rocket. The ninth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft has been delivered to Cape Canaveral from the Boeing factory in Los Angeles. @af_smc, @Boeing, @AirMobilityCmd & msn partners…
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Delta 4 rocket undergoes launch day simulation for its next Air Force mission
Mission poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket went through a practice countdown and fueling exercise today to prepare for its Dec. 7 liftoff to deliver a U.S. military communications satellite into space. Today’s operation, an abbreviated version of a Wet Dress Rehearsal, saw the mobile service…
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Video: Delta 4 launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Delta 4 rocket carrying the seventh satellite for the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM constellation. See our earlier WGS 7 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Video: Liftoff of Delta 4 with WGS 7
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launching the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite No. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See our earlier WGS 7 coverage. Our Delta archive.
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Seventh satellite in Air Force’s WGS series launched
CAPE CANAVERAL — A U.S. military satellite that will fortify the “anytime, anywhere” communications infrastructure used by soldiers, ships, aircraft and drones was launched into orbit Thursday to improve the global connectivity that encompasses the planet. The $566 million Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft No. 7 was hauled aloft by a United Launch Alliance Delta 4…
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket fires off the pad before sunset
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was launched Thursday at 8:07 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 to deploy the Wideband Global SATCOM 7 military communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. Air Force. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images See our earlier launch coverage. Our earlier Delta archive.
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Photos: Delta 4 rocket waits out Wednesday’s weather scrub
The forecast of stormy weather prevented rollback of the mobile service gantry and the continuation of the countdown at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday for the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket. The vehicle will carry the Air Force’s WGS 7 military communications satellite into orbit. Liftoff is rescheduled for Thursday, July 23, at 8:07 p.m.…
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Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket lifts off
(Launch webcast begins at 7:47 p.m. EDT) Mission Status Center Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket carrying the Air Force’s WGS 7 communications spacecraft. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Preview: Enhanced rocket engine to power Delta 4 first stage Wednesday
Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Using a new, uprated main engine for the first time on a rocket of its kind, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Medium+ vehicle will soar into space Wednesday night carrying a $566 million Air Force communications satellite. The enhanced RS-68A main engine will power the medium-lift rocket off the pad…
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Air Force communications satellite joined to Delta 4 for July 22 launch
File photo of WGS satellite being mated to Delta 4. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — For the second time this week, United Launch Alliance has delivered an Air Force payload to one of its Cape Canaveral pads for liftoff in July. On Monday, crews mounted the next Global Positioning System satellite atop an Atlas 5…