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Live coverage: Most powerful Atlas 5 rocket to launch on a national security mission

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing to launch its penultimate national security mission using one of its workhorse Atlas 5 rockets. The mission, dubbed NROL-107 or Silentbarker, is poised for liftoff at 8:47 a.m. EDT (1247 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Sunday morning launch comes following …

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Atlas 5 rocket returns to pad for spy satellite agency launch from Cape Canaveral

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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket made its way back to the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday morning for a mission carrying national security mission payloads, collectively codenamed Silentbarker. The 45th Weather Squadron’s launch weather forecast shows conditions are 85 percent favorable for liftoff at 8:51 …

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Tropical Storm Idalia delays national security Atlas 5 launch from Cape Canaveral

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The Atlas 5 for the Silentbarker mission, pictured on the launch pad Monday. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. A tropical storm barreling towards the Florida peninsula caused United Launch Alliance (ULA) to stand down from an Atlas 5 launch planned for Tuesday. Meteorologists forecast Tropical Storm Idalia to become a major Category 3 Hurricane by the …

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Amazon to launch first Kuiper satellites on ULA Atlas 5 rocket following Vulcan delays

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An Atlas 5 rocket in a configuration similar to the one that will launch two prototype Kuiper satellites in September. Credit: United Launch Alliance. The opening salvo in Amazon’s 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper venture is switching its ride to space. An Amazon spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Spaceflight Now on Monday that the first two …

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First flight of astronauts on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft slips to July

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Starliner crew module for Boeing’s Crew Flight Test was lifted for attachment to the spacecraft’s service module earlier this year inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Boeing/John Grant The first piloted flight of Boeing’s Starliner astronaut ferry …

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Military officials forecast 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023

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NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket streaks into the night sky over Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 16. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography The U.S. Space Force is preparing for as many as 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023, including dozens more SpaceX missions and the expected debuts of …

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Atlas 5 rocket moves closer to retirement with final launch from California

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ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 3-East at Vandenberg Space Force Base with NOAA’s JPSS 2 weather satellite and NASA’s LOFTID re-entry tech demo experiment. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now The 301st and final Atlas rocket to launch from California blasted off Thursday with a NOAA weather satellite and a …

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First Starliner crew flight slips to April 2023

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International space Station on May 20. Credit: NASA The first test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule with astronauts has been delayed from February to April 2023, moving the mission after a busy stretch of crew and cargo missions to the International Space Station, and allowing more time for engineers …

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Final Atlas 5 launch from California delayed for battery replacement

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The first stage of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket was lifted onto its launch stand at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Sept. 28. Credit: USSF 30th Space Wing/Steve Gerlich The final flight of an Atlas 5 rocket from California has been delayed from Tuesday until no earlier than Nov. 9 to replace a battery on …

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Atlas 5 rocket completes high-altitude tandem satellite delivery for SES

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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket climbs off pad 41 Tuesday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with the SES 20 and SES 21 television broadcasting satellites. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography Running a few days late after a delay caused by Hurricane Ian, an Atlas 5 rocket built by United …

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