Video highlights of the 50th Atlas 5 flight. The United Launch Alliance rocket carried the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS 2F-8) satellite for the U.S. Air Force. Launch occurred on-time at 1:21 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 41. Video: United Launch Alliance.
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ULA to debut unflown variant of Atlas 5 rocket later this year
The last unflown variant of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 launcher — fitted with a five-meter fairing and a single strap-on solid rocket booster — will carry a pair of U.S. military space surveillance satellites toward geosynchronous orbit from Cape Canaveral late this year, according to a Space Force spokesperson.
