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Atlas V launches TDRS-M

2017/08/20 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket launched the Tracking Data and Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M) into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:29 a.m on 18 August 2017. NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) is a space-based communication system used to provide tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. The TDRSS, also referred to as the NASA Space Network, consists of satellites in geosynchronous stationary orbits and […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, TDRS-M, Tracking Data and Relay Satellite, United Launch Alliance

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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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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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Monitoring Space Objects of Interest

2016/08/19 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket Medium+ (4.2) configured with two solid rocket boosters attached to the common booster core launches two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites into orbit on 19 August 2016 at 12:52 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) will use these two satellites plus two more already in orbit to monitor the activities of other “man-made orbiting objects”. Click to view […]

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: AFSPC-6, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Delta IV, Florida, Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, GSSAP, satellite, Sebastian Inlet State Park, U.S. Air Force Space Command, United Launch Alliance

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Another secret satellite for Uncle Sam

2016/07/28 by terranovabay

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the NROL-61 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at 8:37 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. View the NROL-61 launch photo gallery.

Categories: Rocket Launch • Tags: 45th Space WIng, Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, National Reconnaissance Office, NROL-61, SLC 41, Space Launch Complex 41, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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Tag: United Launch Alliance

Atlas V launches TDRS-M

Making a delivery to the International Space Station

Enhanced Communications for the Warfighter

Missile Warning Satellite Soars Into Space

EchoStar XIX

ULA Delta IV launches WGS-8

Atlas V launches GOES-R

OSIRIS-REx launches to Asteroid Bennu

Monitoring Space Objects of Interest

Another secret satellite for Uncle Sam