You can watch a replay of the renaming ceremony, which observed all the maritime traditions. It is operated by Foss Maritime on behalf of ULA. TikTok video from Nep (snottynep): 'little vlog moment producer rocketship'. The roll-on, roll-off cargo ship weighs nearly 19 million pounds, has complete living quarters and dining area for its crew of 16, a helipad on the top deck, a below-deck machine shop and sophisticated computers and navigational aids on the bridge. The vessel was formerly known as the Delta Mariner. ULA said RocketShip was chosen since it best reflects the vessel’s main mission. The ship’s new name was selected after a contest that asked ULA employees to submit recommendations. Watch highlights of the arrival: /LngGGYrmco The vessel transported an #AtlasV from the factory to Cape Canaveral to launch the #AFSPC7 mission. #ULARocketShip has completed its first rocket-delivery voyage since getting a new name and livery. The stages were offloaded and taken to the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center to await further processing for their mission. In a blog post today, ULA said the Atlas V first stage and Centaur upper stage together will launch the upcoming AFSPC-7 mission for the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. 27 for the 2,000-mile journey through shallow rivers, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. It also started carrying Atlas V stages in 2011 and soon will begin supporting the Vulcan Centaur program. ULA said the cargo vessel has actually been in use for nearly two decades, bringing Delta IV rocket stages to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. flagged ship with that versatility,” ULA CEO Tory Bruno tweeted recently. “She is a highly maneuverable, unique custom-built rocket transport ship able to navigate both rivers and open ocean.
Its cargo: An Atlas V rocket for an upcoming national security mission. The R/S RocketShip, as it’s now called, is a 312-foot vessel designed specially to transport boosters and other large rocket components from Decatur to launch sites 8,000 miles away in California and nearly 1,700 miles distant in Florida.Įarlier today, the ship sailed into Port Canaveral to complete its first voyage from the 1.6 million-square-foot Decatur production plant to the Florida spaceport after a traditional renaming ceremony last month.
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