ULA Launches AEHF-6 For U.S. Space Force

Bill Jelen

March 27, 2020

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ULA
March 27, 2020
Bill Jelen

On March 26, 2020, an Atlas-V rocket lifted the sixth and final spacecraft for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) constellation.

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The Atlas-V lifts off from SLC-41. Photo: Scott Schilke / We Report Space

OFT: What Went Right? Modified ULA Atlas-V Rocket Met All Test Objectives

ULA
December 20, 2019
Bill Jelen

Although the Boeing Starliner capsule will not reach the ISS, the ULA rocket performed to specification.

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ULA's Delta IV Heavy launches from SLC-37B on August 12, 2018. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

US Air Force Awards Contract for Final Five Delta IV Heavy Missions

ULA USAF
September 30, 2019
Bill Jelen

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), awarded a sole source, five-year, $1.18 billion Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) modification of the Delta IV Heavy contract (FA8811-19-C-0002), saving $455 million.

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This single, 251-second long exposure follows the early flight of an Atlas V rocket on August 8, streaking eastward toward the dawn from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, planet Earth. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

CCAFS Ends 18-Year Drought; Hosts Back-to-Back Launches

ULA SpaceX 45th Space Wing
August 10, 2019
Bill Jelen

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station saw two launches just 34 hours apart this week. While this used to be commonplace at Cape Canaveral, it has not happened in eighteen years. 1985.

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Tom Hoffman, InSight Project Manager, NASA JPL, left, and Sue Smrekar, InSight deputy principal investigator, NASA JPL, react after receiving confirmation that the Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 inside the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the "inner space" of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA's InSight Lander Successfully Touches Down on Mars

NASA ULA
November 26, 2018
Will Smoot

November 26, 2018 at 2:54 PM Eastern Standard Time JPL reported InSight was on the ground at Elysium Planitia.

For approximately one hour Monday, a number of members of the EDL Team (Entry, Descent, Landing) provided insights and commentary about the landing of InSight Mars Landing.

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