Tag Archives: United Launch Alliance
NASA delays Mars rover launch until at least July 30th
Senate bill offers more incentives for private spaceflight
X-37B space plane launches on its most ambitious mission to date
US Space Force will send its first satellite into space today
The US Space Force will kick off its first National Security Mission this afternoon. It's sending a Lockheed Martin Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite into orbit, onboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. The satellite...
SpaceX sues over ‘wrongly awarded’ Air Force rocket contracts
To say that SpaceX was unhappy with losing out on the US Air Force's rocket development contracts would be an understatement. The company has sued the US government under claims that the Air Force "wrongly awarded" contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop...
RocketBuilder Will Put Your Payload in Orbit… For a Price
I know I am not the only person who has spent time configuring cars on automaker’s websites with no intention of buying the car. I just want to see how much what I like would cost. United Launch Alliance or ULA has a new website called RocketBuilder that is basically the same thing, but for putting payloads into orbit.
You can use the configurator to choose when to launch, what type of orbit you want, the type of rocket you want and how much your payload weighs. The site also lets you choose your level of service with things like instruments and other services.
A basic launch is in the area of $109 million, with tens of millions of dollars in options available to choose from. I wonder how many bogus launch information requests the website will get. Probably a lot.
SpaceX gets Certified by US Air Force
The US Air Force announced today that SpaceX can execute national security space missions. Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Air...
US Air Force X-37B Spy Plane Launches Mystery Mission Tomorrow
The new X-37B spy plane is preparing to go out is space for a new mission. The mission of this plane is being kept a secret for now and probably forever. This spy spacecraft is operated by the US Air...