News Archive / Tagged: United Launch Alliance

• Atlas V STP-3 mission delayed

  Theresa CrossJune 5th, 2021

  A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Space Force's STP-3 mission has been delayed, according to a release by the launch provider.

• SBIRS GEO 5 missile defense satellite launched for US Space Force

  Theresa CrossMay 18th, 2021

  A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to send the SBIRS GEO 5 satellite into space for U.S. Space Force and Missile Systems Center.

• Delta IV Heavy launches classified NRO payload from California

  Matt HaskellApril 26th, 2021

  A Delta IV Heavy took the the skies from Vandenberg Air Force Base to send the secretive NROL-82 payload into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.

• Amazon buys Atlas V rockets to orbit its Kuiper constellation

  Cullen DesforgesApril 21st, 2021

  On Monday, April 19, Amazon announced that it purchased nine Atlas V rocket flights from United Launch Alliance for the orbital insertion of its Kuiper satellites.

• Vulcan rocket progresses towards first launch with pathfinder arrival

  Matt HaskellFebruary 13th, 2021

  Progress continues to advance for United Launch Alliance’s newest rocket, as the pathfinder for the Vulcan rocket arrived by the company’s cargo ship and was unloaded at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, February 15.

• ULA successfully launches NRO-101 mission into evening Florida sky

  Sean CostelloNovember 13th, 2020

  With the tell-tale crackle of three GEM 63 solid rocket boosters, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket leapt from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 pad at 5:32 p.m. EST this evening, carrying a top-secret National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload skyward.

• 45th Space Wing preparing for back to back launches

  Matt HaskellMay 14th, 2020

  This weekend, the 45th Space wing at cape Canaveral Air Force Station is poised for a modern era record turnaround in launches, as it prepares to launch a United Launch Alliance Atlas V with the USSF-7 X-37B from LC-41 on Saturday, and a SpaceX Falcon 9 with Starlink satellites from LC-40 on Sunday.

• 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. 

• Boeing releases video from recent OFT mission

  Cullen DesforgesJanuary 16th, 2020

  Boeing has released video from its failed attempt to send its "Starliner" spacecraft to the International Space Station.

• What’s in a name? Mars 2020 wouldn’t know, it doesn’t have one – yet

  James RiceDecember 30th, 2019

  NASA's Mars 2020 rover is on the verge of traveling to the Red Planet and beginning its search for evidence of Martian life. But it's missing something very important.

• ULA gets the nod to launch GOES-T satellite

  SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 23rd, 2019

  NASA has selected a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to ferry the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T to orbit.

• Boeing’s Starliner capsule begins much-delayed first flight: UPDATE

  Cullen DesforgesDecember 20th, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After almost a year of continued delays, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has finally launched. It is the culmination of years of development, but there’s still a ways to go before astronauts will be soaring aloft in the vehicle.

• Uncrewed Boeing OFT-1 mission now targeting Dec. 19 liftoff

  Patrick AttwellDecember 3rd, 2019

  United Launch Alliance has announced that Boeing's OFT-1 mission has slipped.

• Report suggests NASA made a $1.6B Boeing mistake

  Patrick AttwellNovember 15th, 2019

  A damning new report released by NASA’s Office of Inspector General paints a dismal picture of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The report suggests one of the two participants attempted to extort the space agency for more money.

• U.S. Air Force’s secretive X-37B shuttle returns under cover of night

  Cullen DesforgesOctober 28th, 2019

  MERRITT ISLAND, FL – After a record-breaking 780 days on orbit the United States Air Force’s secretive space plane, the X-37B, touched down on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 27, 2019.