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Technical snags force another delay for Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
Boeing and NASA officials said Thursday the first launch of astronauts on Boeing's delay-prone Starliner crew capsule won't happen in July after engineers recently discovered a problem with the spacecraft's parachute system and identified flammable tape around wiring harnesses inside the vehicle.
United Launch Alliance nears first fueling test on Vulcan rocket
United Launch Alliance could load cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen propellants into a Vulcan rocket test article at Cape Canaveral for the first time in the coming weeks, timing key tests for the next-generation rocket in between flights of Atlas 5 rockets that will share the same launch complex for the next few years.
Photos: ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral
Carrying a sophisticated billion-dollar missile detection satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday with 1.6 million pounds of thrust from a Russian RD-180 main engine and twin solid rocket boosters.
Atlas 5 rocket launches infrared missile detection satellite for U.S. Space Force
An upgraded, cyber-hardened $1 billion satellite to support the U.S. military’s missile defense systems rode into orbit from Cape Canaveral Tuesday at the tip of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
Problem during fueling preps forces Atlas 5 launch delay
United Launch Alliance called off a launch attempt Monday after hitting a snag during preparations to fill an Atlas 5 rocket with cryogenic propellants at Cape Canaveral, delaying the liftoff of a new U.S. Space Force infrared surveillance satellite until no earlier than Tuesday.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 launches with missile warning satellite for U.S. military
United Launch Alliance launched the U.S. military's SBIRS GEO 5 early warning satellite into orbit aboard an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A launch attempt Monday was scrubbed during fueling preps due to a faulty temperature sensor. Liftoff of ULA's workhorse rocket, fitted with two strap-on solid-fueled boosters, occurred at 1:37 p.m. EDT (1737 GMT).
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.