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Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance
#AtlasV
rocket has released the Mars 2020 mission featuring the
@NASAPersevere
rover on a 7-month, 300-million-mile trek to the red planet.
📸 by ULA
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LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS! 🚀
On July 30, 2020 at 7:50 a.m. EDT, an
#AtlasV
541 lifted the Mars 2020 mission with
@NASAPersevere
.
#CountdownToMars
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The
#DeltaIV
rocket launches the
#GPSIIISV02
Magellan spacecraft!
Photo: United Launch Alliance
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket soars from Vandenberg with the marine layer covering the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop.
📸 by ULA
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MISSION SUCCESS! ULA's
#VulcanRocket
successfully performed its
#Cert1
flight test today! Thank you to the engineers, technicians and teammates across the nation who designed, built and launched this versatile new rocket. ULA success
#159
.
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To the Moon! 🌕
#ICPS
, built by ULA under a collaborative partnership with
@BoeingSpace
, is the upper stage of
@NASA_SLS
that will propel
@NASA_Orion
to the Moon, forging a new foundation for human deep space exploration.
#Artemis
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LAUNCH ALERT: The
@45thspacewing
Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral forecasts an 80 percent chance of favorable weather for the
#AtlasV
launch of the Mars 2020 mission on Thursday at 7:50amEDT (1150 UTC). Full details:
📸 by ULA
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Every wonder how mission artwork is painted on the
#AtlasV
4-meter payload fairing? Check out this time lapse of artist Dennis DuBose painting the
@LucyMission
artwork and
@NASA
logo at our Harlingen, TX facility.
#LucyMission
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Welcome to the
#VulcanRocket
era!
Our official liftoff time was 2:18:38.231 a.m. EST (0718:38.231 UTC), right at the opening of the launch window on the first countdown.
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Spacecraft Separation!
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Starting off 2020 with a highlight video from the
#AtlasV
launch of
@BoeingSpace
's
#Starliner
Orbital Flight Test!
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The Lucy mission will be historic. It will span 12 years and 4 billion miles to visit 8 asteroids, including 7 Trojan asteroids that may hold the same building blocks that formed the outer planets in the solar system.
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MISSION SUCCESS! United Launch Alliance's
#DeltaIV
has deployed
#GPSIIISV02
Magellan for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Success
#135
for ULA
@usairforce
@AF_SMC
@LockheedMartin
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LIFTOFF!
The first remote camera photo of a United Launch Alliance
#VulcanRocket
heading to space at 2:18 a.m. EST (0718 UTC)!
📸 credit: United Launch Alliance
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The
@blueorigin
#BE4
engine for
#VulcanCentaur
arrived at our Decatur, AL factory. ULA’s next-gen rocket is on track for launch in 2021!
#CountdowntoVulcan
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Coming tomorrow:
#AtlasV
#Starliner
launch highlights! Here is a sneak peek of what you can expect.
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Crews gently lift the
@BoeingSpace
#Starliner
spacecraft from its ground transportation to place it atop the ULA
#AtlasV
rocket for
#OFT2
in collaboration with NASA's
@Commercial_Crew
Program.
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One more sunset before
#AtlasV
launches Mars 2020 with the
@NASAPersevere
rover and Ingenuity helicopter!
Check out more photos from yesterday's roll to pad operations and sunset:
#CountdownToMars
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Let’s relive liftoff of the final
#DeltaIVHeavy
rocket carrying
#NROL70
for the
@NatReconOfc
, closing Delta’s six decade legacy of excellence in space!
#TheDeltaFinale
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Today at Space Launch Complex-41, the
#VulcanCentaur
pathfinder was filled with liquid oxygen for the first time -- an important milestone in the
#CountdowntoVulcan
!
📸 by ULA
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Why does the
@NASAPersevere
rover need our largest payload fairing in the 5-meter configuration?
@ToryBruno
gives an overview at SLC-41 in the latest
#ULARocketTalk
!
#CountdownToMars
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#ICYMI
Another great partnership for ULA and the
#VulcanCentaur
rocket!
@astrobotic
chooses ULA’s nex-gen rocket to launch its
#PeregrineLander
to the moon in 2021!
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ULA's
#VulcanRocket
first certification mission (
#Cert1
) is planned to launch on Sunday, Dec. 24, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
#CountdowntoVulcan
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.
@astrobotic
selects ULA’s next-gen
#VulcanCentaur
rocket in a competitive commercial procurement to launch its
#PeregrineLander
to the moon in 2021!
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Separation confirmed! The Peregrine commercial lunar lander, built by
@Astrobotic
deploys from the
#VulcanRocket
's Centaur V upper stage and becomes the first mission successfully launched in
@NASA
's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
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Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance
#AtlasV
has released
#Starliner
into space for
#CFT
.
The names of Wilmore and Williams now join Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra and Cooper as American astronauts to launch into space atop Atlas rockets.
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LAUNCH HIGHLIGHTS!
On Jan. 8, 2024 at 2:18 a.m. ET, ULA marked the beginning of a new era of space capabilities with the successful
#VulcanRocket
#Cert1
launch from Space Launch Complex-41.
Watch on YouTube:
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Launch Replay: The 172-foot-tall (52.4m)
#AtlasV
N22 rocket with the
#Starliner
spacecraft ascends from the launch pad as viewed from a camera on the Crew Access Tower.
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Congratulations
@NASAPersevere
on a successful landing on Mars! Can't wait for you to begin your mission to search for signs of ancient life!
#CountdownToMars
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Launch highlights! ULA’s
#DeltaIVHeavy
blasts off with the
#ParkerSolarProbe
mission for NASA 🚀🛰☀️
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Separation!
#SolarOrbiter
has been deployed by the
#AtlasV
for the European Space Agency and NASA. The spacecraft will spend the next decade make looping orbits around the sun and using 10 instruments to observe solar physics in unprecedented detail.
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ICYMI:
@SierraNevCorp
has selected ULA’s
#VulcanCentaur
rocket to launch six
#SNCDreamChaser
missions to the Space Station.
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🔥 Let's relive that beautiful
#VulcanRocket
Flight Readiness Firing!
#CountdowntoVulcan
🔥
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ICPS, built by ULA under a collaborative partnership with
@BoeingSpace
, is mounted atop
@NASA_SLS
rocket to launch the 1st
@NASAArtemis
mission on a trip around the Moon and forge a new foundation for human deep space exploration.
Read more:
📸:
@NASA
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We are counting down to today's launch at 11:12amPDT (2:12pmEDT; 1812 UTC), and all systems are "go" here at
#Vandenberg
's Remote Launch Control Center and the pad. The
#AtlasV
guidance system test has started, the next major milestone in the count.
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The
#AtlasV
rocket and
#Starliner
emerge from the assembly building as they make their way to the pad for Friday's launch:
📸: United Launch Alliance photo
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ULA Launch Director Tom Heter III has made the decision to the launch team that launch operations will not continue tonight for
#AtlasV
and
#Starliner
.
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LAUNCH ALERT! We are 1️⃣ week away from the launch of the first
#VulcanRocket
, beginning a new generation of rocket launches by ULA for national defense, commercial and civil payloads. Liftoff is next Mon. Jan 8 from Cape Canaveral.
#CountdowntoVulcan
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What a beauty! The Centaur second stage is in the Delta Operations Center (DOC) ready for processing for our next
#AtlasV
launch,
@BoeingSpace
’s
#Starliner
OFT-2 mission to the
@Space_Station
, scheduled for July 30.
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In the latest weather briefing,
@45thspacewing
meteorologists continue to forecast an 80% chance of favorable conditions for liftoff from Cape Canaveral this morning. Weather is good for proceeding into fueling operations.
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Feel the heat! The ULA Atlas V 551 leaves the launch pad on 2.6 million pounds of thrust from its kerosene-fueled main engine and five side-mounted solid rocket boosters.
📸 by United Launch Alliance
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At the request of our customer, this will conclude our live coverage of today's countdown and liftoff of the
#DeltaIVHeavy
rocket on
#NROL70
and
#TheDeltaFinale
from Cape Canaveral, Florida. For the final time, this is Delta Launch Control, signing off.
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Rocket Cam! 🚀
Watch
#VulcanRocket
take to the sky on its successful
#Cert1
flight test!
Watch on YouTube:
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The
#DeltaIVHeavy
rocket launches from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-6 on the
#NROL91
mission.
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Hold. The countdown has been stopped. Safing of the Atlas V, Starliner and launch pad systems is underway.
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Today's
#AtlasV
test was successfully completed at 1:55pmEDT (1755 UTC). Systems will be safed, cryogenic fuels drained and the rocket allowed to warm up before rollback to the Vertical Integration Facility for Mars 2020 attachment.
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What a sight! Here are the first views of the fully assembled
#VulcanRocket
atop the launch pad ahead of the
#Cert1
launch. Liftoff is planned for Monday at 2:18amEST (0718 UTC) to place a commercial lunar lander on its required flight path to the Moon!
#CountdowntoVulcan
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Delta IV Heavy heads downrange on 2.1 million pounds (9.4 mega-Newtons) of thrust from its three main engines today.
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#AtlasV
, without the Mars 2020
@NASAPersevere
payload, rolls to the pad for its Wet Dress Rehearsal. The countdown demonstration will fuel and test the rocket to ensure systems are ready for the upcoming window when Earth can launch spacecraft to Mars.
#CountdownToMars
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Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance
#AtlasV
rocket has released
#Starliner
into space for
#OFT2
, a mission to demonstrate the capabilities of
@BoeingSpace
's crew transportation system in
@NASA
's
@Commercial_Crew
Program.
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In 2016,
@NASASolarSystem
#OSIRISREx
’s historic journey to a near-Earth asteroid began as it lifted off on a ULA
#AtlasV
. Nearly 5 years later, we wish the spacecraft a safe journey home as it departs
#Bennu
returning the 1st asteroid sample.
#ToBennuandBack
#ExplorationEnabled
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ULA's next
#DeltaIVHeavy
rocket now stands atop Space Launch Complex-6, its West Coast launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket will perform the
#NROL82
mission in service to
@NatReconOfc
later this spring.
Learn more:
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To the Moon! Congratulations to the
@NASA
#Artemis
team on a successful
@NASA_SLS
launch, forging a new foundation for human deep space exploration. ULA is proud to be a part of this historic launch, providing the
#ICPS
upper stage built with
@BoeingSpace
to propel
@NASA_Orion
!
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LIFTOFF of the
#AtlasV
541 rocket with the Mars 2020 mission. Next stop, the red planet!
#CountdownToMars
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The
#AtlasV
launch team implemented a workaround to resolve the ground instrumentation issue with Centaur topping by switching to redundant circuitry. And with that, approval has been radioed to close the
#Starliner
hatch for flight.
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Check out our Flickr album for Mars 2020. We've added photos of the
#AtlasV
rocket rolling out to the launch pad earlier today.
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ULA’s President and CEO
@ToryBruno
gives an overview at SLC-41 of the amazing Centaur III ahead of the
#AtlasV
#SBIRSGEO5
launch! Watch below and learn more about the impressive upper stage!
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Hitch a ride into space aboard our
#AtlasV
N22 rocket! Cameras placed on both stages of the ULA rocket captured these dazzling views during launch of
#Starliner
for our customer
@BoeingSpace
to begin the
#OFT2
mission as part of
@NASA
's
@Commercial_Crew
Program.
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For more than 130 launches, ULA has provided reliable access to space. We are proud to continue this with the
#VulcanCentaur
rocket, which is purpose built for national security.
#ASC19
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Tuesday's precise liftoff time has been established for
#AtlasV
to send
#Starliner
capsule on its journey to the
@Space_Station
. Based on latest calculations of when the station's orbital plane passes over the pad, launch will occur at 1:20:18 p.m. EDT (1720:18 UTC).
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Today, ULA celebrates 1️⃣5️⃣ years! Thank you to our employees, customers, suppliers and partners for supporting over 145 launches and 100% mission success, one launch at a time.
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#VulcanRocket
is on the move today in our
#CountdowntoVulcan
! The
#Cert1
rocket is traveling from the Vertical Integration Facility to Space Launch Complex-41 to begin Wet Dress Rehearsal activities that include a practice countdown and fueling exercise.
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.
@torybruno
gives
@smartereveryday
a tour of ULA’s Decatur, AL factory! Check out the YouTube link below.
I just uploaded a 50 minute video about how rockets are made in a rocket factory. It's amazing.
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The Centaur V upper stage for the inaugural United Launch Alliance
#VulcanRocket
was integrated atop the booster on Sunday, completing initial buildup for the
#Cert1
mission.
Read more about this
#CountdownToVulcan
milestone in the blog:
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It was an honor having
@JimBridenstine
at ULA's post-launch meeting this morning.
@ToryBruno
presented an
#AtlasV
541 Mars 2020 rocket model. Congrats to the
@NASA
,
@NASALSP
&
@ulalaunch
teams on a successful launch. Can't wait for
@NASAPersevere
to land on Mars in Feb!
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The
#AtlasV
511 lifts off on 1.2 million pounds (5.5 mega-Newtons) of thrust.
Photo by United Launch Alliance
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Hello from Canaveral, FL! The Centaur V upper stage for the
#VulcanRocket
#Cert1
mission arrived at the launch site today. Thank you
#ULARocketShip
for the ride!
#CountdowntoVulcan
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At today's
#AtlasV
rollout
@JimBridenstine
,
@Dr_ThomasZ
and
@ToryBruno
talked about the Mars 2020 mission with
@NASAPersevere
and the Atlas V 541 rocket that will launch it to the red planet. "Go Atlas! Go Centaur! Go Perseverance!"
#CountdownToMars
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Our official liftoff time of
#AtlasV
with Mars 2020 was 7:50:00.2 a.m. EDT (1150:00.2 UTC). Live blog wrap up:
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Wondering when and where you may see the
#AtlasV
#Starliner
#OFT2
launch? The visibility map shows your best chances to see the rocket along the eastern seaboard of the U.S.! Launch is scheduled for Fri. at 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 UTC) from Cape Canaveral.
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The countdown is begun for today's launch of the
#AtlasV
and
@NASAPersevere
, the most sophisticated rover
@NASA
has ever sent to Mars. We are targeting 7:50amEDT (1150 UTC) for liftoff from Cape Canaveral. Our live blog is underway from launch control at:
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The United States is going back to Mars, and the powerful
#AtlasV
rocket that will launch
@NASAPersevere
rover to the red planet has been assembled for liftoff on July 20.
Read our blog about how ULA is preparing to launch
#Mars2020
:
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MISSION SUCCESS! United Launch Alliance's
#AtlasV
rocket successfully launched
#NROL101
for the
@NatReconOfc
and
@SpaceForceDoD
. Success
#141
for ULA! Thank you to our customers for the trust they place in us! Read more:
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The dependable Delta — one of the pillars in American rocketry for 60+ years — is preparing for its final mission that will carry a national security payload to serve and protect the U.S. and our allies.
#DeltaIVHeavy
#NROL70
preview:
#TheDeltaFinale
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The rocket family is all here! 🚀
This special
#ULARocketShip
voyage carried Atlas, Delta IV and
#VulcanCentaur
hardware on a 2,000-mile trek from our rocket factory in Decatur, AL.
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This time-lapse from ULA's Harlingen, Texas facility shows the
#SBIRSGEO6
artwork being painted on the aluminum payload fairing that will protect the national security satellite during launch. It continues a long tradition of hand-painting the mission logo on Atlas rockets.
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