No impact to two ULA missions following Delta Mariner accident
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 30, 2012
The Delta Mariner – carrying hardware elements targeting two future launches – collided with the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake on Thursday night. However, despite extensive damage to the bridge, no serious injuries were reported. ULA have noted that there will be no mission impact to the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-2) and Radiation [...]
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Tags: accident, Delta, following, impact, Mariner, Missions
Delta IV Rocket Launches from Cape Canaveral with US Military Satellite
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 20, 2012
A beautiful night for a launch Thursday evening as a heavy-lift Delta IV rocket thundered off the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, sending a broadband communications satellite into orbit for the US military. Observers at the launch site said they could see the rocket several minutes into the flight, witnessing the separation of [...]
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Tags: Canaveral, Cape, Delta, From, launches, military, Rocket, Satellite
Delta II launches with moon-bound GRAIL spacecraft
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 11, 2011
The Delta II rocket has launched on its 150th flight on Saturday, departing from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 17 for the final time on the second of two launch opportunities – at 9:08am Eastern (13:08 UTC). The rocket is carrying NASA’s two GRAIL spacecraft, which will be used to study the Moon’s gravitational field. [...]
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Delta IV rocket to launch Air Force navigation satellite
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 31, 2011
An unmanned rocket will deliver a next generation navigational satellite into earth orbit for the U.S. Air Force on Friday from America’s Space Coast.The Air Force’s 45th weather office indicated today that there is a 70% chance for favorable weather at launch time.”On launch day conditions aloft will consist of an upper level high pressure [...]
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Tags: Delta, force, launch, navigation, Rocket, Satellite
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