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 by Paul Brinkmann Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2020
The first official launch for the new U.S. Space Force took place at 4:18pm EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Complex 41 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with boosters attached. A last minute delay caused the launch team to cycle the launch to a second launch time. The rocket lofted the sixth in a series of next-generation satellites known as Advanced Extremely High Frequency, or AEHF. The satellites have an upgraded anti-jamming capability. The launch was also the first under Florida's restrictions against public gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The military has barred public or media viewing at the station, and has required all personnel to work from home if possible, said Brig. Gen. Doug Schiess, commander of the 45th Space Wing and range director at nearby Patrick Air Force Base. Schiess said the Space Force is taking all precautions, including rotation of launch crews and restricting interaction between those crews, and sitting further apart in the operations center. "We wipe down all of our operations centers every time there's someone new on a console," Schiess said. He said that neither Patrick Air Foce Base nor the missile complex had positive cases of COVID-19, but that several people have been isolated and are awaiting test results after displaying symptoms of the disease. ULA said the rocket had rolled to the launch pad Wednesday. Weather is expected to be 80 percent favorable for the launch, with a chance of cumulus clouds being the only possible problem, according to a military forecast.
China develops new system to quickly find fallen rocket debris Xichang (XNA) Mar 19, 2020 China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday announced the development of a new positioning system that can greatly shorten the time searching for rocket debris. The system has proved efficient in seeking out fallen rocket pieces after the center launched the 54th BeiDou satellite into space on March 9. The satellite was sent into space by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. With the guidance of the system, the center staff just spent 25 minutes finding the rocket boosters, while in the past, it ... read more
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