A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket has been rolled to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for the rocket’s first mission in support of the International Space Station, launching the Cygnus OA-4 resupply mission.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket is assembled at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the Cygnus OA-4 resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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Saturday’s launch of a ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-11 satellite reached its target orbit, as confirmed by tracking data released overnight.
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The Atlas V workhorse rocket is three-for-three in October, successfully conducting its third mission of this calendar month on Saturday and setting a new record in the ever increasing pace of United Launch Alliance missions.
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An Atlas V rocket raced into the skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, lifting off at 16:13 UTC to begin a three-and-a-half-hour mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to orbit in the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System Satellite Fleet.
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An Atlas V rocket raced into the skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, lifting off at 16:13 UTC to begin a three-and-a-half-hour mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to orbit in the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System Satellite Fleet.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, embarking on a long mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to Medium Earth Orbit in support of the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System satellite fleet.
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The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the GPS IIF-11 satellite is being pushed back 24 hours to Saturday to provide additional time for a Ground Support Equipment issue to be addressed. Saturday’s launch window stretches from 16:13 to 16:32 UTC.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is standing tall atop its Florida launch pad for liftoff on Friday, aiming to become the third Atlas V to take flight this month – a new record for the Atlas V that can look back at 58 missions since its inauguration in 2002, but never managed to launch more than twice in a single calendar month.
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The classified NROL-55 payload operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office has been observed in orbit by a worldwide network of satellite trackers, confirming the secret identity of the satellites as a pair of Naval Ocean Surveillance Satellites.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket climbed into the pre-dawn skies over the California coast line on Thursday, blasting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 12:49 UTC on a mission to deliver the NROL-55 payload to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, accompanied by 13 CubeSats flying as secondary payloads.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket climbed into the pre-dawn skies over the California coast line on Thursday, blasting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 12:49 UTC on a mission to deliver the NROL-55 payload to orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocker blazed into the pre-dawn skies over the Californian coast line on Thursday, lifting off from SLC-3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 12:49 UTC to begin a classified mission for the United States National Reconnaissance Office.
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An Atlas V 401 rocket stands ready for liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Thursday for the year’s only National Reconnaissance Office launch, lofting a classified payload into a secret orbit. Known as NROL-55, the mission aims for a liftoff time at 12:49 UTC – the opening of a launch window with an undisclosed duration.
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