ULA successfully launches NOAA weather satellite
ULA today successfully launched a new NOAA weather satellite.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
8 SpaceX
4 China
2 Russia
2 ULA
The U.S. now leads China 13 to 4 in the national rankings.
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ULA today successfully launched a new NOAA weather satellite.
The leaders in the 2022 launch race:
8 SpaceX
4 China
2 Russia
2 ULA
The U.S. now leads China 13 to 4 in the national rankings.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Much better tally…
How much do the russki commies charge ula for the “Atlas” rd-180 motors?
Asking for a friend.
Captain Emeritus: I might have documented it here at BtB. Do a search for RD-180.
However, it isn’t relevant any longer because ULA isn’t buying any more engines. U.S. law makes it impossible, and the company is transitioning to the Vulcan rocket, which won’t use them.
Dynetics wanted to bring back a simplified version of the F-1….but nooo…
The Chinese keeps launching “earth observation satellites”… Does anybody know what they really are?
Mr. Zimmerman,
I am familiar with the RD-180.
I think giving aid and comfort to the enemy is always “relevant.”
Mr. Musk said in 2018, “ I will seriously eat my hat, with a side of mustard, if ULA’s Vulcan flies a national security spacecraft before 2023.”
The Bezos boondoggle BE-4, has been in development since 2011, but what’s the rush?
Perhaps, ULA could make a deal with the CCP to launch our national security satellites, while it awaits transition to the “Vulcan,” certainly by 2026?
I think Musk’s dining habits are safe. I just checked the Vulcan wiki page (I know it is wikipedia, so not 100% accurate) the USSF mission is set for Q1 2023.
It actually makes me makes me angry. (Maybe I have watched too much Angry Astronaut?). Bezos has over promised on BE-4s and New Glenn, just as Boeing over promised and then failed to deliver on Starliner.
The whole point of multiple awards was to be in a position to have redundancy and competition. Well the proverbial fecal matter is hitting the rotary impeller, and while I have a great deal of confidence in SpaceX, we would be in a better position with a 2nd system.
Side note, and someone correct me if I am wrong, but Starliner apparently uses some Russian power connection equipment, that now many need replaced?