SpaceX canceled its launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Saturday due to strong upper level winds. The company will make another attempt on Sunday. The current launch schedule is: Sunday, Dec. 23 Falcon 9 Payload: GPS 3-01 navigation satellite Launch Window: 8:51 a.m. EST (13:51 UTC GMT) Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Webcast: www.spacex.com SpaceX’s 21st and final launch of 2018. December 26/27 […]
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The following is a list of launches for the remainder of November based on Spaceflightnow.com’s Launch Schedule. The list includes two launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and one launch apiece from Xichang in China, Kourou in French Guiana, and Satish Dhawan in India. Please check Spaceflightnow’s launch page regularly because launches tend to slip on a regular basis. Editor’s Note: The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scheduled for […]
A busy day in space, so let’s get right to it: SpaceShipTwo Flies: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity performed its seven glide flight this morning in Mojave. The flight appeared to go as planned based on what I could see from the ground and Virgin Galactic’s tweets; the space plane landed and rolled to a stop on runway 30. The pilots were Mark Stucky and Michael Masucci. This is the seventh […]
Launch of Atlas V with NROL-33 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 22, 2014. (Credit: ULA)
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Four Missions in Just Seven Weeks
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., May 22, 2014 (ULA PR) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on May 22 at 9:09 a.m. EDT. Designated NROL-33, the mission is in support of national defense.
“Congratulations to all of our mission partners on today’s successful launch of the NROL-33 mission! The ULA team is honored to deliver another critical national security asset to orbit together with the NRO Office of Space Launch and the Air Force,” said Jim Sponnick, ULA vice president, Atlas and Delta Programs. “Today’s launch occurred six days after last week’s GPS IIF-6 launch – the second time this year that this team has launched back-to-back missions within a week. Successfully launching at this tempo is a testament to the team’s focus on mission success, one-launch-at-a-time, and continuous improvement of our launch processes.”
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (April 9, 2014) — A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rolls out to Space Launch Complex-41 with a National Reconnaissance Office payload. Launch is set for Thursday, April 10 at 1:45 p.m. EDT. Designated NROL-67, the mission is in support of national defense. Today’s forecast continues to show a 90 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. LAUNCH TIME – 1:45 P.M. EDT […]