by David Todd | Dec 20, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA
With more than a tad of embarrassment, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine had to admit that the first launch of the first commercial crew-carrying spacecraft, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, had not gone to plan. While the spacecraft was launched as planned to a near...
by David Todd | Oct 3, 2019 | Launches, Military space
Due to mission delays putting some of its launches beyond 30 Sept 2019, the US Air Force Missiles and Space Center has signed a follow up Launch Operations Support (LOPS) contract with the ULA worth US$1.18 billion covering NRO L-44, NRO L-82, NRO L-91, NRO L-68 and...
by David Todd | Aug 23, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Seradata News
The final launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Medium rocket successfully carried the second Global Positioning System III navigation satellite, GPS IIIA-2 (aka Magellan) into orbit for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The launch took...
by David Todd | Aug 15, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News
While Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) aldready had a long standing relationship with the Boeing/Lockheed Martin co-owned United Launch Alliance (ULA) and originally planned to launch its Dream Chaser unmanned mini-shuttle using its Atlas V offering, times have moved...
by Matt Wilson | Aug 8, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1013 GMT, on 8 August 2019, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking the second launch in 36 hours for the launch site. The mission was in aid of the United States Air Force (USAF) and carried as the primary...
