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Scott PowersJune 21, 2016

The oft-delayed launch of United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas V rocket has been reset for Friday, signaling that the company has resolved its concerns about an engine-firing glitch in the last launch. The rocket will carry the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) satellite into orbit. It’s now set for blastoff between 10:30 and […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

A planned Saturday launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral has been postponed. The delay comes at the request of the payload’s owner, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. United Launch Alliance had scheduled the launch of the Delta IV Heavy, the nation’s most powerful rocket, to carry an NRO communications satellite into […]

Scott PowersMay 25, 2016

Cape Canaveral’s launch manifest is filling fast for this summer with announcements of two more launches, including of one using America’s most powerful rocket, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy. ULA announced it will launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket, the world’s most powerful space vehicle now in use, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on […]

Scott PowersMay 20, 2016

The next big NASA unmanned science mission, to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect samples, and bring them back to Earth, will have a Sept. 8 launch date, NASA announced Friday. OSIRIS-REx will be sent on a multiyear mission that will begin with an evening launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base atop a […]

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 5, 2016

Count on a satellite with one of the most accurate clocks in the solar system to get into space on time. Friday morning an Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, bucking strong winds that threatened a scrubbed launch, to lift the last of the latest set of Air Force GPS […]

Tag: United Launch Alliance

ULA resets Atlas V rocket launch for Friday

Delta IV Heavy rocket launch postponed

Launches of Delta IV Heavy, Falcon 9 rockets announced

NASA announces Sept. 8 date for asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx

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

Atlas V rocket blasts GPS satellite into orbit