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VideoAtlas 5/SBIRS GEO 5 launch timeline
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the SBIRS GEO 5 satellite for U.S. military infrared reconnaissance.
Photos: Atlas 5 ready for liftoff with SBIRS GEO 5
These photos show a 194-foot-tall United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket standing on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in advance of a planned launch with the U.S. Space Force's fifth SBIRS missile warning satellite.
Billion-dollar missile defense satellite ready for launch Monday in Florida
A sophisticated combat-ready U.S. military missile warning satellite moved to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, ready for liftoff Monday afternoon.
U.S. military warning sentinel attached to Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance crews at Cape Canaveral have topped off an Atlas 5 rocket for liftoff Monday with the U.S. military's next infrared sentinel to join a satellite fleet designed detect missile launches around the world.
Spy satellite successfully launched from California military base
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket climbed into orbit Monday from a military base northwest of Los Angeles, delivering to space a classified U.S. government spy satellite as large as a school bus and leaving just three Delta rockets left to fly before retirement.
Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket awaits liftoff from historic SLC-6 launch pad
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket is awaiting liftoff with a classified U.S. government spy satellite at Vandenberg Air Force Base's historic Space Launch Complex-6, a picturesque rocket facility that was once intended to support launches of military astronauts and space shuttles.
VideoLive coverage: ULA’s heavy-lift rocket lifts off from California
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 p.m. PDT (4:47 p.m. EDT; 2047 GMT) Monday with a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government's spy satellite agency.
One of ULA’s four remaining Delta 4 rockets set to launch from California
United Launch Alliance ground crews on California's Central Coast are gearing up to send a classified U.S. government spy satellite into orbit as soon as Monday -- weather permitting -- aboard one of the company's four remaining Delta 4-Heavy rockets.
Boeing crew capsule test flight now scheduled for late summer
A second unpiloted test flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule -- ordered after an initial demonstration mission fell short of reaching the International Space Station -- is now scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral in August or September, leaving little margin to conduct the spaceship's first flight with astronauts before the end of the year.
VideoNASA chief: Russian cosmonauts unlikely fly on U.S. crew capsules until next year
NASA’s acting administrator said Tuesday he does not expect Russian cosmonauts to start launching to the International Space Station on U.S. commercial crew vehicles until next year. A proposed agreement with Russia to ensure the space station is always staffed with an international crew is awaiting U.S. government approval.