Tag: US Air Force

Atlas V – AEHF-4 Launch Highlights

I’m a little late on this one, but here we have the launch highlights video for the AEHF-4 launch from earlier this week. It was all in all another wonderful Atlas V launch. Yep. This video has the usual clips of the assembly and rollout of the Atlas V followed by some nice shots of […]

Atlas V AEHF-4 Mission Profile

We’ve got another awesome Atlas V launch tonight; this time an Atlas 551 configuration, one of the most powerful variations available of the Atlas V with 5 solid rocket boosters, will be launching the fourth satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency series for the U.S. Air Force. This is a slightly different launch, in that […]

SBIRS Geo-4 Successfully Launches On An Atlas V Rocket

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V lifted off yesterday from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the 4th Geostationary Satellite in the  Space-Based Infrared System, a collection of specialty satellites operated by the United States Air Force designed to assist the United States military in situational awareness in the battlefield, especially […]