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California Atlas 5 launch that was delayed by wildfire finally rescheduled
Seven weeks to the day after their launch was postponed by a massive wildfire and the aftermath, a commercial Atlas 5 rocket and Earth-imaging satellite are scheduled to fly on Sunday, Nov. 6 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
GOES-R weather satellite’s ride to space being stacked at Cape Canaveral
Technicians began the painstaking work of assembling a powerful Atlas 5 rocket today, a launcher that will deploy an advanced satellite to substantially improve U.S. weather forecasting.
Delta 4 rocket on the pad for military satellite launch in December
The Delta 4 rocket that will launch the U.S. military's highest capacity communications satellite ever built was rolled to the pad this week.
NASA has no plans to buy more Soyuz seats, and it may be too late anyway
NASA is sure enough that Boeing and SpaceX can safely launch astronauts to the International Space Station by early 2019 to hold off paying Russia to keep flying U.S. crews to the research complex, and one official says a deadline to order parts for new Russian Soyuz crew capsules may have already passed.
Cape gets back into rocket business after Hurricane Matthew
Taking delivery of the Atlas 5 rocket that will boost an advanced weather observatory into space next month, United Launch Alliance and the Air Force are back at work following disruptions from Hurricane Matthew.
Missile warning satellite launch slips into 2017 due to thruster concerns
An Air Force missile detection spacecraft will, effectively, lose its position in the Atlas 5 rocket's cramped manifest over the next few months after the flight-worthiness of a thruster on the satellite was called into question and delayed its Oct. 3 liftoff date.
Ambitious space missions in small packages win free launch slots on Atlas 5
Student-built miniature satellites to demonstrate 3D printing to make repairs in space, a mission to study solar explosions hitting the Earth, a technology test for deorbiting smallsats and a precursor to a commemorative time capsule have won free launches into space aboard Atlas 5 rockets in United Launch Alliance's first-ever cubesat challenge.
Containment of Vandenberg wildfire begins as hundreds of firefighters battle
United Launch Alliance technicians were allowed to return to the Atlas 5 pad Tuesday as firefighters continued to wage air and ground campaigns against the wildfire burning at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Uncontrolled wildfire at Vandenberg Air Force Base continues to rage
The escalating wildfire at Vandenberg Air Force Base grew even larger Monday despite the round-the-clock efforts of firefighters trying to bring the blaze under control before it threatens United Launch Alliance and SpaceX launch pads used by Atlas 5, Delta 4 and Falcon 9 rockets.
ULA moves to fill openings in Atlas 5 launch manifest
With U.S. military demand waning in coming years, United Launch Alliance has multiple openings in its Atlas 5 launch manifest in 2017 and 2018 available to commercial customers with as little as three months' notice, according to company officials.