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United Launch Alliance delivered multiple US military satellites into a high-altitude orbit after a prime-time launch Tuesday night, marking an important transition from development to operations for the company’s new Vulcan rocket. This mission, officially designated USSF-106 by the US Space Force, was the first flight of ULA’s Vulcan rocket to carry national security payloads. Two test flights of the …

Mysterious light over upstate New York was tail of a Vulcan rocket launch  Times Union Light in the sky surprised people across Philadelphia region on Tuesday night. Here’s what it was  6abc Philadelphia Strange object seen in the sky Tuesday night in the Philly region  NBC10 Philadelphia Alien ship? Satellite? Strange glowing light spotted in skies above Massachusetts  WCVB What was that? Spiral light …

United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that eventually will replace the company’s Atlas 5 and already-retired Deltas. Equipped with four solid-fuel strap-on boosters for additional takeoff power, the 198-foot-tall Vulcan’s two methane-fueled BE-4 engines thundered to life at …

Why Starship’s 10th flight could launch as early as this weekend  MySA SpaceX offering rides to planet its ship hasn’t landed on yet  Chron How SpaceX modified Pad 1 for Ship Static Fire tests to cover Massey’s downtime  NASASpaceFlight.com – Sheriff’s office responds after lawyers for Cincinnati imam say he was put in solitary  yahoo.com Markets bet on whether SpaceX will launch another Starship …

The Vulcan rocket checks off several important boxes for the Space Force. First, it relies entirely on US-made rocket engines. The Atlas V rocket it is replacing uses Russian-built main engines, and given the chilled relations between the two powers, US officials have long desired to stop using Russian engines to power the Pentagon’s satellites into orbit. Second, ULA says …

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown has decided to run for the Senate next year in Ohio, according to three sources familiar with his plans, potentially putting the Republican-leaning state in play for Democrats. Brown lost his race for a fourth term last year by about 3.5 percentage points as President Donald Trump carried Ohio by 11 points. But a midterm year …

Rocket Launch: Vulcan USSF-106 – YouTube Watch On United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch its most powerful Vulcan rocket yet today (Aug. 12), and you can watch the liftoff live. ULA will launch an experimental navigation satellite on behalf of the U.S. military during a one-hour launch window that opens at 7:59 p.m. ET (2359 GMT) on Tuesday (Aug. 12). …

In September, MediaTek and Qualcomm will unveil their flagship chipsets, which will be found in a variety of Android-powered smartphones next year. However, thanks to an early announcement, only one company will have the upper hand in getting the most eyeballs on its product. According to the latest tipster’s claim, the Dimensity 9500 will have an edge over the Snapdragon …

Helldivers 2 is landing on Xbox Series X|S later this month, and in a new trailer celebrating the former PlayStation exclusive’s arrival on the Microsoft hardware, there was a brief tease for a beloved piece of Halo history right at the end. Here’s the trailer, which isn’t referencing the Costco Guys with its use of POD’s hit 2002 single, Boom. …

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the USSF-106 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now More than four months after it was certified to fly national security payloads for the United States government, United Launch Alliance is on the cusp of launching just such a …