Latest "United Launch Alliance" stories

The National Reconnaissance Office Launch-82 vehicle, supported by Delta IV Heavy rockets, stands tall at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 25, 2021. NROL-82 supports the NRO’s overall national security mission to provide intelligence data to U.S. senior policy makers, the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. (Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman/U.S. Space Force)

Now boarding: Space Force wants to turn launch ranges into rocket ‘airports’

Space Force launch range officials want their installations to be more like an airport departure terminal.

By Rachel S. Cohen

20 months ago

Liftoff to orbit in under an hour: Space Force launches missile warning satellite

On Tuesday afternoon, a rocket left Cape Canaveral Space Station in a fiery plum to take a fifth missile warning satellite to its constellation. The satellite's job is to provide backup.

By Nathan Strout

21 months ago

Finding Baghdadi: Why protecting space assets is vital to national security

The head of the United Launch Alliance discusses the changing battlefield and what steps the U.S. should take to prepare for a contested arena in space.

By Tory Bruno

3 years ago

Last of its kind rocket puts GPS satellite in orbit

A rocket that’s the last of its kind delivered the newest, most powerful GPS satellite to orbit for the Air Force Thursday.

3 years ago

Blue Origin files protest in US Air Force’s launch vehicle competition

The Jeff Bezos-owned space company contends the current process unfairly restricts competition.

By Valerie Insinna

3 years ago

HASC chairman bolsters Blue Origin’s argument to delay launch competition

Blue Origin has been working behind the scenes to convince lawmakers that the Air Force should take another year or two to narrow the launch services field.

By Valerie Insinna

4 years ago