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- United Launch Alliance to Launch First Direct Commercial Payload Space Scout · 4 Oct 2022 United Launch Alliance is set to launch its first commercial satellite since 2016. The SES-20 and SES-21 satellites are scheduled
- Atlas 5 rocket rolls launch pad at Cape Canaveral with two SES comsats Spaceflight Now · 3 Oct 2022 United Launch Alliance hauled an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad Monday at Cape Canaveral on the eve of a planned blastoff with two commercial television broadcasting satellites for SES, owner of one of the largest flee...
- SpaceX, ULA postpone launches as Hurricane Ian moves toward Florida Spaceflight Now · 28 Sep 2022 The forecast track of Hurricane Ian across Central Florida has forced SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to postpone several launches planned in the coming days at Cape Canaveral, including the next crew flight to the Int...
- Delta 4-Heavy rocket deploys spysat on final planned mission from ‘Slick Six’ Spaceflight Now · 24 Sep 2022 United Launch Alliance sent a triple-core Delta 4-Heavy with a top secret U.S. government spy satellite into orbit Saturday from California’s Central Coast, closing out a chapter in the tangled history of a launch pad or...
- Last West Coast Delta IV Heavy launches with NROL-91 NASASpaceflight · 24 Sep 2022 United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket made its last West Coast launch on Saturday, carrying out a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, as it moves one flight closer to retirement. Liftoff of the...
- Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket on the launch pad in California Spaceflight Now · 23 Sep 2022 These views show United Launch Alliance’s 233-foot-tall Delta 4-Heavy rocket standing on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the eve of liftoff with a classified spy satellite for the N...
- Historic launch pad faces uncertain future after final West Coast Delta 4 mission Spaceflight Now · 23 Sep 2022 United Launch Alliance will move out of historic Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California following the flight of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket set for Saturday, leaving the military to find a new ten...
- ULA readies Delta 4-Heavy rocket for weekend launch from California Spaceflight Now · 19 Sep 2022 United Launch Alliance’s ground team recently completed a countdown dress rehearsal and installed a classified spy satellite payload on top of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, readying...
- Photos: Cape Canaveral’s first launch doubleheader in more than 50 years Spaceflight Now · 10 Aug 2022 The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Aug. 4 occurred 12 hours and 39 minutes after the liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from neighboring launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the shortest...
- ULA launches U.S. Space Force’s last SBIRS missile warning satellite Spaceflight Now · 4 Aug 2022 The departure at dawn of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Thursday sent aloft the U.S. military’s last Space Based Infrared System missile warning satellite, a $1.2 billion mission billed by th...
- ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2022 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying a U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite lifted off Aug. 4 at 6:29 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
- ULA’s Atlas V launches final SBIRS GEO missile detection satellite NASASpaceflight · 4 Aug 2022 United Launch Alliance was in action Thursday, using an Atlas V rocket to deploy a missile detection satellite for the US Space Force. Liftoff of the SBIRS GEO 6 mission from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is occ...
- SBIRS GEO-6: Another IR Eye in the Sky Space Scout · 4 Aug 2022 On Thursday August 4th at 6:29am EDT, United Launch Alliance will launch the SBIRS GEO-6 mission for the United States Space Force.
- Cape Canaveral on the cusp of new records amid blistering launch rate Spaceflight Now · 3 Aug 2022 With two rockets from industry rivals United Launch Alliance and SpaceX ready for liftoff just 12 hours apart Thursday, the Cape Canaveral spaceport is poised to surpass the record for most missions in a year to fly into...
- ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket moved to launch pad with U.S. military missile warning satellite Spaceflight Now · 2 Aug 2022 United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to its launch pad Tuesday at Cape Canaveral for a fiery blastoff at dawn Thursday with a U.S. military missile warning satellite.
- Final SBIRS missile warning satellite ready for launch Spaceflight Now · 2 Aug 2022 The last in a line of six satellites for the U.S. military’s Space Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, missile warning program is ready for launch Thursday from Cape Canaveral on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rock...
- Atlas 5 rocket launches two U.S. military satellites on $1.1 billion mission Spaceflight Now · 2 Jul 2022 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Friday on a six-hour climb to geosynchronous orbit, deploying a classified payload and a U.S. Space Force satellite to test an improved i...
- ULA’s Atlas 5 launches U.S. Space Force experimental missile-warning satellite SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2022 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on July 1 launched the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The rocket lifted off at 7:15 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Flor...
- Atlas V launches two experimental military satellites on USSF-12 mission NASASpaceflight · 1 Jul 2022 United Launch Alliance will deploy a pair of Space Force technology demonstration payloads into geostationary orbit Friday evening. The USSF-12 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC) on Friday,...
- Atlas V launch with two experimental military satellites delayed due to weather NASASpaceflight · 30 Jun 2022 United Launch Alliance will now deploy a pair of Space Force technology demonstration payloads using its Atlas V rocket no earlier than Friday. The USSF-12 mission was due to liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, but...
- ULA rolls Atlas 5 rocket to launch pad at Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 29 Jun 2022 United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral rolled an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad Wednesday, moving the launcher into position for liftoff Thursday evening with a pair of geostationary satellites for the U.S. Spa...
- SpaceX, ULA targeting back-to-back geostationary launches Teslarati · 29 Jun 2022 SpaceX and competitor United Launch Alliance (ULA) are on track to launch their Falcon 9 and Atlas V rockets less than 25...
- ULA’s next launch for Space Force is less than a week away Spaceflight Now · 23 Jun 2022 United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral are in the final week of preparations for the next flight of an Atlas 5 rocket, set for liftoff with two U.S. military technology demonstration satellites June 30, a one-day...
- U.S. Space Force orders eight launches from ULA and SpaceX Spaceflight Now · 10 Jun 2022 The U.S. Space Force recently ordered five military satellite launches from United Launch Alliance and three from SpaceX, awards valued at $846 million for missions scheduled to fly in the next two years.
- Northrop Grumman to boost production of solid rocket motors following big contract from ULA SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2022 Northrop Grumman on June 8 confirmed that it received a contract worth more than $2 billion to produce solid rocket boosters for United Launch Alliance.
- SpaceX, ULA awarded eight more US military launch contracts Teslarati · 1 Jun 2022 The US military has awarded providers SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance (ULA) another eight launch contracts worth a total of $846...
- Space Force identifies national security launches funded in 2022 and 2023 SpaceNews · 30 May 2022 The Space Force funded eight launches in fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Five were assigned to United Launch Alliance and three to SpaceX.
- Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA NASA · 19 May 2022 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on a mission designed to te...
- Starliner OFT-2 launch makes it to orbit, heading to ISS NASASpaceflight · 19 May 2022 Nine months after valve issues caused its previous launch attempt to be scrubbed, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has launched on its Orbital Flight Test 2 mission atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday. OFT...
- Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule takes off on long-awaited test flight Spaceflight Now · 19 May 2022 Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft thundered into orbit Thursday from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, aiming to dock at the International Space Station on a years-late test flight to prove the c...
- Atlas 5 rocket and Starliner capsule return to Florida launch pad Spaceflight Now · 18 May 2022 United Launch Alliance rolled an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad Wednesday at Cape Canaveral, moving into the starting position for a critical unpiloted demo flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule. Unlike the first S...
- Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule meets Atlas rocket for long-delayed test flight Spaceflight Now · 4 May 2022 Ready for another try at launching on a test flight to the International Space Station, Boeing rolled a repaired Starliner crew capsule to United Launch Alliance’s seaside rocket hangar at Cape Canaveral Wednesday to pre...
- Northrop Grumman expects a $2 billion order from ULA for solid rocket boosters SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2022 Northrop Grumman is anticipating a $2 billion contract from United Launch Alliance for solid rocket boosters, president and CEO Kathy Warden said April 28.
- ULA begins stacking Atlas 5 rocket for Boeing’s Starliner test flight Spaceflight Now · 21 Apr 2022 Final assembly of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket began Wednesday with the hoisting of a first stage booster onto a mobile launch platform at Cape Canaveral, kicking off a campaign to prepare for liftoff May 19 o...
- ULA orders 116 Aerojet Rocketdyne engines for Vulcan’s upper stage SpaceNews · 11 Apr 2022 Aerojet Rocketdyne announced April 11 it has received an order from United Launch Alliance for 116 engines for the upper stage of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket.
- Arianespace, ULA, Blue Origin discuss executing ambitious Kuiper constellation missions for Amazon NASASpaceflight · 7 Apr 2022 Amazon’s announcement of three launch contracts totaling 83 flights split across Ariane 6, Vulcan, and New Glenn represents the largest commercial launch block buy in history and will unite Arianespace, United Launch All...
- Amazon launch contracts drive changes to launch vehicle production SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2022 United Launch Alliance is planning major production improvements for its Vulcan rocket while Arianespace will increase the performance of its Ariane 6 to meet the demands of their new Amazon contracts for Project Kuiper.
- Amazon signs multibillion-dollar Project Kuiper launch contracts SpaceNews · 5 Apr 2022 In the largest commercial launch deal ever, Amazon is purchasing up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance to deploy most of its 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper broadband megaconstellation
- Jeff Bezos and Amazon just hired everybody but SpaceX for Project Kuiper Ars Technica · 5 Apr 2022 Huge contracts for United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, and Blue Origin.
- Amazon books up to 83 launches with ULA, Arianespace, and Blue Origin Spaceflight Now · 5 Apr 2022 Amazon announced the largest commercial launch deal in history Tuesday, revealing agreements for up to 83 missions to deploy thousands of internet satellites on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket, Arianespace...