News Archive / Tagged: Atlas V 551

• ‘Big Slider’ Atlas V launches the USSF-8 mission

  Theresa CrossJanuary 21st, 2022

  United Launch Alliance flew its first and only “Big Slider” Atlas V rocket to send two satellites into space for the United States Space Force.

• ULA set to loft final Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite

  Patrick AttwellMarch 26th, 2020

  Poised for launch on Thursday March 26, 2020, an Atlas V rocket is set to lift the sixth and final Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite. The 2-hour long launch window opens at 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC) and stretches until 4:57 EDT (20:57 UTC).

• ULA Atlas V launch of AEHF payload delayed, NET March 21, 2020

  Theresa CrossMarch 10th, 2020

  The planned launch of the next United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, set to loft the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite built by Lockheed Martin, has been delayed to no earlier than (NET) March 21. 

• Gallery: ULA completes third flight of 2019

  Jason RhianAugust 8th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA launched an Atlas V rocket with the AEHF-5 on Thursday, Aug. 8 2019. The early morning flight marked an increasingly rare appearance for the venerable launch vehicle.

• Anomaly pushes Atlas launch back again

  Jason RhianJuly 11th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla -- The launch of a ULA Atlas V rocket with the fifth AEHF satellite will have to wait a little longer before its flight.

• Gallery: ULA Atlas V 551 launches with AEHF-4 satellite

  Jason RhianOctober 17th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceFlight Insider captured the flight of a ULA Atlas V 551 rocket when it left the pad with the AEHF-4 satellite in the early hours of Wednesday, Oct. 17.

• ULA sends AEHF-4 screaming through the atmosphere on powerful Atlas V

  Jason RhianOctober 17th, 2018

  Another star has been placed on orbit with the flight of an Atlas V rocket and its payload of the AEHF-4 satellite.