Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 missile warning satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
(Launch webcast begins at 7:22 p.m. EST / 0022 GMT)
Mission Reports
Live coverage: SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 mission of the year
SpaceX kicked off its 2019 launch campaign with a mission Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying 10 more upgraded communications satellites into orbit to complete a refresh of Iridium’s voice and data relay network. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 7:31 a.m. PST (10:31 a.m. EST; 1531 GMT).
Mission Reports
Pence calls for NASA to land astronauts on the moon within five years
Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that NASA should land astronauts near the south pole of the moon within five years “by any means necessary,” calling for “new urgency” in the U.S. space program and sounding a warning for entrenched aerospace contractors to better meet schedule and cost commitments, or else lose work to other companies.
