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Scott PowersApril 29, 2016

Still dealing with concerns from an early engine cutoff that did not affect the success of a March 22 rocket launch, United Launch Alliance is now looking at launching its next Atlas V rocket no earlier than early summer, the company announced today. But a critically timed NASA asteroid mission should still blast off as planned […]

Scott PowersMarch 25, 2016

United Launch Alliance announced Friday afternoon it was postponing its next rocket launch from Cape Canaveral — one set to carry a military satellite — because of an engine-burn problem that occurred during Tuesday night’s rocket launch. Tuesday’s launch, of an Atlas V rocket, successfully boosted an Orbital ATK spacecraft into orbit for what is called the […]

Scott PowersMarch 22, 2016

As a full moon lit up the sky over Cape Canaveral, an Atlas V rocket blasted off late Tuesday night to bring supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station. At 11:05 p.m., the rocket streaked up from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and through light fragments of clouds over the Atlantic Ocean, carrying an Orbital […]

Scott PowersMarch 21, 2016

An Orbital ATK Cygnus is set to deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Tuesday night atop an Atlas V rocket. Blast off is set for 11:05 p.m., from Launch Complex 41, and there is a 30-minute launch window. The Air Force 45th Space Wing […]

Scott PowersMarch 15, 2016

An Atlas V rocket is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral next Tuesday with a capsule full of supplies, equipment and research materials for the International Space Station including an experiment that will set a fire inside the capsule. The Orbital ATK Cygnus capsule atop the Atlas V will carry almost 7,500 pounds up. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 2, 2016

An Air Force GPS satellite is scheduled to blast into space Friday morning from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The mission, to carry the Air Force GPS IIF-12 satellite into orbit, is set for at 8:38 a.m. blast off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ULA has […]

Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2016

NASA has announced a launch date for the next commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, but the mission is the next one planned for Orbital ATK to fly, not the SpaceX mission that was expected to come first. NASA is preparing for an early-morning, March 10 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. […]

Tag: Atlas V rocket

United Launch Alliance pushing launches to ‘early summer’ at earliest

Engine burn issue during Tuesday’s rocket flight leads United Launch Alliance to delay next launch

Atlas V rocket blasts Orbital ATK Cygnus into space to resupply space station

Orbital ATK Cygnus set to launch on Atlas V rocket Tuesday with space station supplies

Orbital ATK capsule to include fire experiment as it resupplies space station

United Launch Alliance to send Air Force GPS satellite to space Friday

NASA preps for next Orbital ATK resupply mission, possibly skipping SpaceX