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Lockheed Martin to buy rocket engine-builder Aerojet Rocketdyne
Spaceflight Now · 21 Dec 2020
Lockheed Martin, the largest U.S. defense contractor, announced late Sunday that has reached a deal valued at $4.4 billion to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, a supplier of engines to NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket an...
Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket lights up Cape Canaveral
Spaceflight Now · 15 Dec 2020
These photos show the fiery liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 10, riding three pillars of flame from its hydrogen-fueled RS-68A main engines.
Delta 4-Heavy launches U.S. spy satellite after months of delays
Spaceflight Now · 11 Dec 2020
Running more than three months late, a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket took off Thursday and carried a U.S. government spy satellite into an orbit thousands of miles above Earth in the first mission from the...
ULA Delta IV Heavy successfully launches NROL-44
NASASpaceflight · 10 Dec 2020
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, codenamed NROL-44 at 20:09 EST on Thursday, 10 December (01:09 UTC on Friday, 12 December).
ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy ready for another launch attempt after pad repairs
Spaceflight Now · 9 Dec 2020
United Launch Alliance is set to try again to launch a Delta 4-Heavy rocket and a classified U.S. government spy satellite Thursday after delays of more than three months caused by persistent issues with the mission’s la...
ULA declares success on Atlas 5 launch with new solid rocket boosters
Spaceflight Now · 14 Nov 2020
A top secret cargo for the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency soared into orbit from Cape Canaveral at the tip of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Friday night, successfully debuting a new solid-fueled booster...
Atlas V successfully launches NROL-101
NASASpaceflight · 13 Nov 2020
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office satellite to orbit Friday in a launch that marked a major milestone for the next-generation Vulcan rocket as Atlas V debuted the new GEM-63...
Atlas 5 rocket back on the launch pad for national security mission
Spaceflight Now · 12 Nov 2020
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket made its third trip to a Cape Canaveral launch pad Thursday, rolling into position for liftoff Friday afternoon with a classified payload for the U.S. government’s spy satellite ag...
Atlas 5 takes shelter from Tropical Depression Eta
Spaceflight Now · 6 Nov 2020
With Tropical Depression Eta forecast to restrengthen into a tropical storm and move toward Florida, United Launch Alliance moved an Atlas 5 rocket off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Friday and delayed liftoff with a U...
ULA scrubs Atlas 5 launch as SpaceX readies repaired rocket for GPS mission
Spaceflight Now · 3 Nov 2020
United Launch Alliance called off the planned launch of an Atlas 5 rocket Wednesday at Cape Canaveral to resolve a problem with valves at the launch pad, while a SpaceX team a mile-and-a-half to the south readied a Falco...
Photos: Atlas 5 rolls to launch pad with new solid rocket boosters
Spaceflight Now · 3 Nov 2020
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with a new type of solid rocket booster emerged from its hangar Tuesday evening for the 1,800-foot rollout to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral, moving into position for liftoff Wednesday w...
Atlas 5 rocket, NRO payload return to launch pad after repairs
Spaceflight Now · 2 Nov 2020
Ready for blastoff just after sunset Wednesday with a classified payload for the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral late Tuesday...
Good weather expected for twilight Atlas 5 launch Tuesday
Spaceflight Now · 31 Oct 2020
Forecasters predict a 90% chance of good weather for liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral just after sunset Tuesday with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the...