Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

SpaceX CRS-11 Mission

2017/06/04 by terranovabay

The SpaceX CRS-11 Falcon 9 first stage is pictured moments before landing at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a blustery late afternoon on 3 June 2017. Learn more and see the rest of the launch and landing photos and video at http://www.lunarcabin.com/Rocket_Launches/CRS11.html.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Commercial Resupply, CRS-11, Dragon, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, Landing Zone 1, Launch Complex 39A, NASA, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., SpaceX

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Up and Down for National Security

2017/05/03 by terranovabay

A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster makes a succesful landing at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after sending a classified satellite (NROL-76) into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff was at 7:15 a.m. on 1 May 2017 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A with the landing happening a little over eight minutes later. Click to view the gallery of NROL-76 launch and landing photographs.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Falcon 9, Kennedy Space Center, Landing Zone 1, Launch Complex 39A, National Reconnaissance Office, NROL-76, SpaceX

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Making a delivery to the International Space Station

2017/04/20 by terranovabay

It is all about the lighting. Having to shoot almost directly into the sun turns the launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station into a silhouette, albeit a rather spectacular silhouette, at 11:11AM on 18 April 2017 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click to view more of the launch photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cygnus, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, OA-7, Orbital ATK, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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Enhanced Communications for the Warfighter

2017/03/19 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the ninth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-9) satellite for the United States Air Force lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-37 at 8:18 p.m. on 18 March 2017. “This launch commemorates the 70th anniversary of the USAF.” said Laura Maginnis, ULA vice president of Government Satellite Launch. “We are absolutely honored to play a role in this important milestone, while safely delivering WGS-9 to orbit.” WGS satellites are […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Delta IV rocket, SLC 37, Space Launch Complex 37, ULA, United Launch Alliance, United States Air Force, WGS-9, Wideband Global SATCOM

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Missile Warning Satellite Soars Into Space

2017/01/20 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket launched the third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous (GEO-3) satellite for the U.S. Air Force on 20 January 2017 at 7:42 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The image is an ultra-wide time exposure of the boat-filled channel at Sebastian Inlet State Park where a lot of fishing was taking place on a calm night as the Atlas V streaks into space. The ULA press […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, SBIRS GEO-3, Sebastian Inlet State Park, SLC 41, Space Based Infrared System, Space Launch Complex 41, U.S. Air Force, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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EchoStar XIX

2016/12/20 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches EchoStar XIX at 2:13 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 18 December 2016. EchoStar XIX will be the world’s highest capacity broadband satellite in orbit, dramatically increasing capacity for HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet service to homes and businesses in North America. Click here to view more launch photos.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V rocket, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, EchoStar XIX, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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CYGNSS

2016/12/19 by terranovabay

The Orbital ATK L-1011 Stargazer aircraft is seen overhead with the Pegasus XL rocket nestled along its belly in this view from Jetty Park at Port Canaveral. Pegasus XL launched the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) consisting of a constellation of eight microsatellite observatories that will collectively provide a measure of ocean surface wind speeds within the core of hurricanes from space. Stargazer is returning to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after a hydraulic pump problem with the rocket […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, CYGNSS, Jetty Park, L-1011, Orbital ATK, Pegasus XL, Port Canaveral, Skid Strip, Stargazer

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ULA Delta IV launches WGS-8

2016/12/07 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket launches the eighth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-8) mission for the U.S. Air Force on 7 December 2016 at 6:53 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click to view more from the launch.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: C4ISR, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CCAFS, Delta IV, SLC 37, Space Launch Complex 37, U.S. Air Force, ULA, United Launch Alliance, WGS-8, Wideband Global SATCOM

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Atlas V launches GOES-R

2016/11/20 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the GOES-R weather satellite into orbit on 19 November 2016 at 6:42 p.m. from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Click here to see more launch photos and to learn more about the launch.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: ASOC, Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center, Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Range, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-R, NASA, NASA Causeway, National Aeronautic and Space Administration, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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OSIRIS-REx launches to Asteroid Bennu

2016/09/11 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 configuration rocket launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission for NASA at 7:05 p.m. on 8 September 2016 from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will rendezvous with the Asteroid Bennu, study it for two years from orbit, before descending down to the surface to collect samples that will be returned to Earth for analysis. Click to view the OSIRIS-REx launch […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Asteroid, Atlas V, Bennu, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Origins, OSIRIS-REx, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, Spectral Interpretation, United Launch Alliance

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Tag: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

SpaceX CRS-11 Mission

Up and Down for National Security

Making a delivery to the International Space Station

Enhanced Communications for the Warfighter

Missile Warning Satellite Soars Into Space

EchoStar XIX

CYGNSS

ULA Delta IV launches WGS-8

Atlas V launches GOES-R

OSIRIS-REx launches to Asteroid Bennu