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• Vulcan Centaur on schedule for first launch in 2022 as New Glenn slips SpaceNews · 23 Mar 2022 United Launch Alliance remains confident that its Vulcan Centaur rocket will make its first launch this year while Blue Origin is pushing back the first flight of its New Glenn vehicle.
• DoD decommissions two missile-tracking satellites after 12 years in orbit SpaceNews · 14 Mar 2022 The two Space Tracking and Surveillance System satellites were taken out of service on March 8. They were launched in 2009 on a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket.
• Methalox race likely to be won in 2022, but winner not yet clear NASASpaceflight · 13 Mar 2022 Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX, Vulcan from United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Neutron from Rocket Lab, all of the most active US launch providers are committed...
• Boeing Starliner test flight next on ULA’s launch schedule Spaceflight Now · 11 Mar 2022 The U.S. Space Force has postponed a multi-spacecraft mission that was booked to fly on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in April, moving a redo of a test flight for Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the front of...
• Atlas 5 rocket aces another on-target launch with NOAA weather satellite Spaceflight Now · 2 Mar 2022 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral and delivered the GOES-T weather satellite into orbit Tuesday, adding a new spacecraft to NOAA’s fleet destined to become the primary observatory tra...
• NOAA, NASA’s GOES-T weather satellite launches on ULA Atlas V NASASpaceflight · 1 Mar 2022 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T advanced weather satellite for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES-T launched on an...
• NASA, ULA Launch NOAA’s Newest Earth Observing Satellite NASA · 1 Mar 2022 NASA successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday. The newest Geostationary Operational Environ...
• Atlas 5 rocket rolls to launch pad with weather satellite Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2022 United Launch Alliance rolled out an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Monday, moving the launcher into position for liftoff Tuesday afternoon with a NOAA weather satellite destined to cover the Weste...
• NOAA weather satellite ready for launch after repairs to main camera Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2022 A new NOAA weather satellite destined to track cyclones, wildfires, and solar flares from a perch high above the Western United States and Pacific Ocean is set for liftoff Tuesday from Cape Canaveral on a United Launch A...
• ULA: Russia sanctions not expected to disrupt Atlas 5 operations SpaceNews · 25 Feb 2022 United Launch Alliance said the operation of the Atlas 5 vehicle, which is powered by the Russian RD-180 engine, will not be affected by the economic sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine
• ULA: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine won’t impact remaining Atlas 5 missions Spaceflight Now · 25 Feb 2022 United Launch Alliance said Friday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have no impact on the company’s Atlas 5 rocket program, which has 25 missions left to fly with Russian-made main engines before retirement. The la...
• Next GOES weather satellite installed atop Atlas 5 rocket Spaceflight Now · 19 Feb 2022 A new weather satellite destined for a perch over the Pacific Ocean and the Western United States was mounted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Thursday at Cape Canaveral, moving a step closer to launch s...
• Space Force asks launch companies for insight on where the industry is going SpaceNews · 9 Feb 2022 The U.S. Space Force is trying to identify what launch companies might challenge SpaceX and United Launch Alliance when their current contracts are re-competed in 2024.
• Star Trek tribute mission to fly on ULA’s Vulcan inaugural launch SpaceNews · 26 Jan 2022 Celestis, a company that provides space memorial services, will launch a Star Trek tribute mission on the first flight of United Launch Alliance’s new rocket Vulcan Centaur, ULA announced Jan. 26.
• Photos: Atlas 5 rocket flies on ULA’s first mission of 2022 Spaceflight Now · 25 Jan 2022 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket took off Jan. 21 from Cape Canaveral, climbing off of launch pad 41 with thrust from its Russian-made RD-180 main engine and a single Northrop Grumman solid rocket booster to carry...
• Atlas 5 rocket delivers two military inspector satellites to high-altitude orbit Spaceflight Now · 21 Jan 2022 Two satellites for a once-classified U.S. military program to track and inspect other spacecraft in orbit — a mission the Space Force’s top general equates to a “neighborhood watch” — lifted off from Cape Canaveral Frida...
• ULA launches two space surveillance satellites for U.S. Space Force SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2022 In its first mission of 2022, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 21 launched a pair of space-monitoring satellites for the U.S. Space Force.
• ULA’s Atlas V launches satellite-inspection mission for Space Force NASASpaceflight · 21 Jan 2022 United Launch Alliance carried out an Atlas V launch Friday with the third pair of GSSAP satellites for the US Space Force. Flying in its never-before-used 511 configuration, Atlas lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Fo...
• Atlas 5 rocket rolls to launch pad for Space Force mission Spaceflight Now · 20 Jan 2022 Gearing up for its first mission of the year, United Launch Alliance rolled an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Thursday, a day before liftoff with a pair of U.S. Space Force satellites on a flight that...
• ULA’s first launch of 2022 to debut unflown variant of Atlas 5 rocket Spaceflight Now · 20 Jan 2022 United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket has flown in 10 different configurations over 90 missions since 2002, each version optimized to haul satellites of a certain size and mass into space. The only variant of the Atlas...
• Vulcan continues path to its maiden launch as ULA turns 15 NASASpaceflight · 14 Dec 2021 On December 14, 2006, a Delta II rocket launched from VAFB (Vandenberg Air Force Base) SLC-2 (Space Launch Complex 2) on the NROL-21 mission. This launch marked the first mission for ULA (United Launch Alliance) and the...
• Atlas 5 rocket launches Space Force tech demo satellites on marathon mission Spaceflight Now · 8 Dec 2021 United Launch Alliance deployed two U.S. Space Force technology demonstration satellites into an on-target orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator Tuesday after a booming blastoff before dawn from Cape Canaveral on...
• ULA launches STP-3 mission with national security and NASA payloads SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2021 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on Dec. 7 launched the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the U.S. Space Force. The rocket lifted off at 5:19 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Spac...
• NASA laser communications experiment set for launch into geosynchronous orbit Spaceflight Now · 6 Dec 2021 A $320 million NASA experiment to demonstrate high-speed laser communications links between a satellite and stations on the ground is poised for launch Tuesday, tagging along for a ride to geosynchronous orbit on a U.S....
• ULA to set rocket endurance record on next launch Spaceflight Now · 6 Dec 2021 United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket will set an endurance record after liftoff from Cape Canaveral Tuesday, targeting the delivery of two U.S. military tech demo satellites directly into a geosynchronous orbit more t...
• Fuel leak at launch pad delays Atlas 5 mission Spaceflight Now · 5 Dec 2021 United Launch Alliance delayed the planned launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Sunday after discovering a kerosene fuel leak in the launch pad’s ground storage system. Officials have rescheduled launch with t...
• Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out to launch pad for Space Force mission Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2021 United Launch Alliance rolled an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad Friday at Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff before dawn Sunday on a mission to carry two U.S. Space Force technology demonstration satellites into...
• ULA launches Atlas V on long duration mission for Space Force NASASpaceflight · 4 Dec 2021 ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched its 90th flight with an Atlas V rocket and its fifth and final mission of 2021. Launching from SLC-41 (Space Launch Complex 41) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the STP-3 mission is lofti...
• ULA sets new target launch date for Space Test Program STP-3 mission SpaceNews · 26 Oct 2021 United Launch Alliance is targeting a Nov. 22 liftoff for the U.S. Space Force STP-3 mission aboard an Atlas 5 rocket.
• Images: Atlas 5 blasts off with NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission Spaceflight Now · 22 Oct 2021 A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket streaked into space from Cape Canaveral before dawn Oct. 16 with NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission, a robotic probe to explore a group of enigmatic asteroids leading and trailing Jupite...
• NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation NASA · 16 Oct 2021 NASA’s Lucy mission, the agency’s first to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Statio...
• NASA, ULA launch historic Lucy mission NASASpaceflight · 16 Oct 2021 NASA and ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched NASA’s next asteroid exploration mission — Lucy — from Florida early Saturday morning, kickstarting the spacecraft’s 12-year journey through the solar system. Liftoff of Atl...
• First-look weather forecast favorable for launch of Lucy asteroid mission Saturday Spaceflight Now · 13 Oct 2021 NASA and United Launch Alliance officials met Wednesday and cleared an Atlas 5 rocket for launch from Cape Canaveral before dawn Saturday with the Lucy asteroid mission, a robotic spacecraft to visit unexplored asteroids...
• Asteroid probe mounted on Atlas booster originally assigned to astronaut flight Spaceflight Now · 7 Oct 2021 Teams at Cape Canaveral transferred NASA’s Lucy asteroid explorer to a United Launch Alliance integration building Thursday and mounted the robotic science probe atop an Atlas 5 rocket for liftoff later this month, using...
• New eye on planet Earth rockets into orbit from California Spaceflight Now · 27 Sep 2021 NASA and United Launch Alliance deployed a new Landsat satellite in orbit Monday after liftoff on an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, marking the 2,000th launch from the West Coast spaceport...
• NASA’s Landsat 9 successfully launched aboard Atlas V from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 27 Sep 2021 United Launch Alliance has launched NASA’s most powerful Earth-imaging satellite, Landsat 9, on an Atlas V rocket. Liftoff occurred at 11:12 AM PDT (18:12 UTC) on Monday, September 27, from Space Launch Complex-3 East (S...
• Monday launch from California begins countdown to Atlas 5 retirement Spaceflight Now · 26 Sep 2021 The launch of a Landsat environmental monitoring satellite Monday from California’s Central Coast will be the first liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket since the company confirmed there will be 29 more Atl...
• Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, ULA win Space Force contracts for rocket technology projects SpaceNews · 25 Sep 2021 Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance were selected to participate in Space Force development projects to advance rocket engine testing and launch vehicle upper stages.
• Landsat 9 lifted atop launcher to extend unbroken environmental data record Spaceflight Now · 21 Sep 2021 The next Landsat observatory has been mounted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in California for liftoff Sept. 27, continuing an unbroken record of Earth observations to track urban sprawl, water usage,...
• SpaceX wins contract to launch weather satellite after ULA withdraws SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2021 NASA has selected SpaceX to launch the last in a series of geostationary weather satellites that had previously been launched by United Launch Alliance.