United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried out its first mission for the United States Space Force Thursday, deploying the final Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite to ...
While Atlas V vehicles were used for the three previous AEHF launches, these relied on the 531 configuration – which has two fewer solid motors on the first stage. As with the majority of ...
This will be the first launch in 20 years to take place at Launch Complex 36, which previously hosted Atlas rocket launches and has been leased by Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin since 2015.
which uses engines built by Blue Origin (a company helmed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos), it was instead mounted on an Atlas V rocket. ULA's next launch is set to be the first with the Vulcan rocket.