Mission Reports – Page 384

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Live coverage: Delta 2 launches from California on third try

November 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

A Delta 2 rocket lifted off from California’s Central Coast Saturday after back-to-back scrubbed launch attempts earlier this week. The Delta 2 delivered the JPSS 1 weather satellite to orbit for NOAA.

Space station cargo shipment blasts off aboard Antares rocket

November 12, 2017 Stephen Clark

An Orbital ATK Cygnus supply ship packed with 3.7 tons of cargo, supplies and experiments rode an Antares rocket into orbit from Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Sunday, setting course on a two-day pursuit of the International Space Station.

Rocket test-fired for launch of secretive U.S. government payload

November 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX moved closer to its next launch with a successful hold-down engine firing Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sailing through a readiness check for a planned liftoff Wednesday with a clandestine U.S. government payload named Zuma.

Video: Engines ignited for hold-down test on SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 rocket

November 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

Nine Merlin main engines at the base of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired at launch pad 39A Saturday, passing a major test before the company’s next launch, a secretive mission slated for liftoff Wednesday night.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket conducts static fire test

November 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

SpaceX test-fired its next Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Saturday in preparation for the company’s 17th launch of the year, a mission tentatively set for liftoff Wednesday with a secretive payload named Zuma for the U.S. government.

Antares launch to resupply space station halted by wayward airplane

November 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

Managers aborted liftoff of a commercial Antares cargo launcher Saturday when an aircraft strayed into restricted airspace near the rocket’s planned flight path east from Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Antares rocket’s launch timeline on the OA-8 cargo mission

November 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket will deliver the commercial Cygnus supply ship to an orbit with an altitude between 117 miles (189 kilometers) and 184 miles (296 kilometers) within about nine minutes of liftoff Saturday from Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Photos: Antares rocket stands atop Virginia launch pad

November 11, 2017 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK’s seventh Antares rocket stands ready for launch with a Cygnus supply ship Saturday on a two-day flight to the International Space Station.

Launch of NASA ionospheric probe delayed to examine rocket issue

November 10, 2017 Stephen Clark

The launch of a NASA satellite to study the behavior of plasma in Earth’s ionosphere has been delayed to early next year, giving engineers time to resolve concerns with the separation system on its air-launched Pegasus XL booster.

Live coverage: Cygnus supply ship arrives at space station

November 10, 2017 Stephen Clark

Two days after blasting off from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus supply ship reached its destination Tuesday. The automated spacecraft packed with 3.7 tons of supplies and experiments was captured by the International Space Station’s robotic arm at 5:04 a.m. EST (1004 GMT).