Justin Ray is the former editor of the space launch and news site Spaceflight Now, where he covered a wide range of missions by NASA, the U.S. military and space agencies around the world. Justin was space reporter for Florida Today and served as a public affairs intern with Space Launch Delta 45 at what is now the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station before joining the Spaceflight Now team. In 2017, Justin joined the United Launch Alliance team, a commercial launch service provider.
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It's one completed, 14 flights to go this year for United Launch Alliance and its fleet of Atlas and Delta rocket families.

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The new satellite will serve the Luxembourg-based SES communications network.

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A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket launched the new Wideband Global SATCOM 5 satellite into space on May 24, 2013.

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The new spacecraft will aid the network of navigation satellites.

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The new SBIRS GEO-2 satellite is the latest addition to the U.S. military's missile defense grid.

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A new GPS satellite will join the constellation in Earth orbit.

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The Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket carried the Intelsat 21 satellite into orbit.

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The classified payload is known as NROL-36.

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The $1 billion Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 satellite is vital to future military communications.

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The next-generation U.S. weather observatories will be deployed by United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets.

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The latest Delta 4 rocket configuration is brand new.

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The NROL-25 mission will be the first of four clandestine spy satellites launched by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office in 2012.

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A new Russian cargo freighter is set to launch to the International Space Station on Jan. 25.

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The move is another sign of the changing landscape in the U.S. space program.

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The Jan. 19 launch is the first American rocket launch of 2012.

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A U.S. military satellite successfully reached geosynchronous orbit after a remarkable rescue.

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The workhorse Delta 2 rocket may see new life for up to five NASA missions.

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A Delta 4 rocket blasted off in a spectacular night launch in Florida.

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A Russian robot cargo ship will dock at the space station today, just hours before the launch of shuttle Endeavour.

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The clandestine satellite NROL-27 will launch from Florida tonight for the National Reconnaissance Office.

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The top-secret payload aboard a U.S. Delta 4-Heavy rocket was a replacement satellite for the nation's surveillance and security network, amateur sky-watchers say.

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Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base has seen many liftoffs.
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