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Atlas 5 team scrubs launch to study troublesome valve

January 19, 2018 Stephen Clark

Launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral with a U.S. Air Force infrared surveillance satellite was scrubbed Thursday evening after engineers encountered a balky valve associated with the first stage’s liquid oxygen system.

Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO Flight 4 launch timeline

January 18, 2018 Spaceflight Now

This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the SBIRS GEO Flight 4 satellite for U.S. military infrared reconnaissance.

Photos: Ground crews roll 75th Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad

January 17, 2018 Stephen Clark

The 75th Atlas 5 rocket rolled to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, a day before it was scheduled to lift off with a U.S. Air Force satellite to provide warnings of missile launches that might threaten U.S. territories and allies.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 launches from Cape Canaveral with missile warning satellite

January 17, 2018 Stephen Clark

The U.S. Air Force’s fourth new-generation SBIRS missile warning satellite is headed for geosynchronous orbit after lifting off from Cape Canaveral at 7:48 p.m. EST Friday (0048 GMT Saturday), after a one-day delay caused by a troublesome fill-and-drain valve.

Rocket and satellite preps on track for next Atlas 5 launch

December 29, 2017 Stephen Clark

Final assembly of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket slated to blast off Jan. 18 with a U.S. Air Force surveillance satellite designed to detect missile attacks has begun at the booster’s Cape Canaveral launch pad.

GOES-S weather satellite arrives in Florida for launch preparations

December 5, 2017 Stephen Clark

NOAA’s latest weather satellite, a new-generation geostationary observatory named GOES-S, landed at the Kennedy Space Center’s former space shuttle runway Monday aboard a U.S. Air Force transport jet, ready to begin final preparations for launch March 1 on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.

Atlas 5 team scrubs launch to study troublesome valve

Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO Flight 4 launch timeline

Photos: Ground crews roll 75th Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad

Live coverage: Atlas 5 launches from Cape Canaveral with missile warning satellite

Rocket and satellite preps on track for next Atlas 5 launch

GOES-S weather satellite arrives in Florida for launch preparations

SpaceX, ULA win NASA contracts to launch Earth observation satellites

Photos: News media shots of the NROL-52 liftoff

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket powers NROL-52 payload to space

Atlas 5 pierces the night to boost national security satellite into space