A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket successfully launched the seventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 8:07 p.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-37. This is ULA’s seventh launch in 2015 and the second successful ULA launch in just eight days. Today marks ULA’s 98th successful one-at-a-time […]
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Delta IV Hits The Mark With Another Successful GPS Launch
Piercing a thick layer of clouds that hung low over the lannch pad, A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on March 25, 2015 and successfully orbited the Global Positioning System GPS IIF-9 satellit efor the U.S. Air Force. Liftoff occurred on time at 2:36 p.m. EDT at the beginning […]
USAF Thunderbirds End Their Short 2013 Air Show Season On Florida’s Space Coast
This past weekend Titusville, Florida played host to the 36th annual Tico Warbird Air Show, and this year’s events proved to be the biggest in the Valiant Air Command’s history with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds headlining the weekend’s performances. Their visit to Florida’s Space Coast marked the end of the team’s very short […]