COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – United Launch Alliance said on Wednesday its Atlas 5 rocket will need to be repaired before flights resume following an early engine shutdown on its …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
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Probe of ULA rocket engine early cutoff focuses on fuel system
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – The Russian-made rocket motor that catapulted a United Launch Alliance booster toward orbit last week shut down six seconds early apparently because of a fuel …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
SpaceX raps ULA bid to get U.S. waiver for Russian engines
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has slammed a bid by United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, to get a waiver …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Pentagon sees decision soon on Russian rocket engine waiver
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department expects to decide “fairly soon” whether to issue a waiver to United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Boeing rejects Aerojet Rocketdyne bid for ULA launch venture
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•NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (Reuters) – Boeing Co on Wednesday said it had rejected an unsolicited bid from Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc for United Launch Alliance, a 50-50 rocket launch venture …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
United Launch Alliance rocket blasts off with military satellite
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday to put a next-generation communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. military. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
U.S. satellite launcher gets first request for Vulcan rocket – change the name
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Hours after unveiling its next-generation “Vulcan” rocket, the company that launches most of America’s satellites, United Launch Alliance, ran into its first problem – the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews