CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Florida. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Air Force Space Command...
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Florida.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Air Force Space Command 5 (AFSPC-5) satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, from Space Launch Complex-41.
The rocket carried the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle or OTV, a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force.
This mission was launched aboard an Atlas V 501 configuration Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), which includes a 5.4-meter-diameter payload fairing. The Atlas booster for this mission was powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 engine, and the Centaur upper stage was powered by the Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-1 engine. This was ULA's sixth launch of the 501 configuration, and ULA's 54th mission to launch on an Atlas V rocket.
USAF for first time revealed the mission of its secretive spaceplane, which will be a Hall thruster experiment.
This Atlas V mission also includes the Aft Bulkhead Carrier (ABC) carrying the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO's) Ultra Lightweight Technology and Research Auxiliary Satellite (ULTRASat). ULTRASat is composed of 10 CubeSats managed by the NRO and NASA.
The ABC contained 8 P-Pods that released 10 CubeSats. The CubeSats were developed by the U.S Naval Academy, the Aerospace Corporation, Air Force Research Laboratory, The Planetary Society and California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo to conduct various on orbit experiments.
ULA's next launch is the Atlas V GPS IIF-10 mission for the U. S. Air Force, scheduled forJuly 15 from Space Launch Complex-41 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,Florida.
The EELV program was established by the United States Air Force to provide assured access to space for Department of Defense and other government payloads. The commercially developed EELV program supports the full range of government mission requirements, while delivering on schedule and providing significant cost savings over the heritage launch systems.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Air Force Space Command 5 (AFSPC-5) satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, from Space Launch Complex-41.
The rocket carried the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle or OTV, a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force.
This mission was launched aboard an Atlas V 501 configuration Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), which includes a 5.4-meter-diameter payload fairing. The Atlas booster for this mission was powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180 engine, and the Centaur upper stage was powered by the Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-1 engine. This was ULA's sixth launch of the 501 configuration, and ULA's 54th mission to launch on an Atlas V rocket.
USAF for first time revealed the mission of its secretive spaceplane, which will be a Hall thruster experiment.
This Atlas V mission also includes the Aft Bulkhead Carrier (ABC) carrying the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO's) Ultra Lightweight Technology and Research Auxiliary Satellite (ULTRASat). ULTRASat is composed of 10 CubeSats managed by the NRO and NASA.
The ABC contained 8 P-Pods that released 10 CubeSats. The CubeSats were developed by the U.S Naval Academy, the Aerospace Corporation, Air Force Research Laboratory, The Planetary Society and California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo to conduct various on orbit experiments.
ULA's next launch is the Atlas V GPS IIF-10 mission for the U. S. Air Force, scheduled forJuly 15 from Space Launch Complex-41 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,Florida.
The EELV program was established by the United States Air Force to provide assured access to space for Department of Defense and other government payloads. The commercially developed EELV program supports the full range of government mission requirements, while delivering on schedule and providing significant cost savings over the heritage launch systems.
