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Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from California

December 10, 2014 Justin Ray

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on the NROL-35 mission with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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SpaceX successfully launched an oft-delayed Falcon 9 rocket mission at 6:35 p.m. EST (2335 GMT) Friday after more than a week of delays caused by issues with super-chilled liquid oxygen propellant, a boat the strayed into restricted waters offshore Cape Canaveral, and extreme upper level winds. The experimental recovery of the first stage on an ocean-going barge was not a success.

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  • Private astronauts splash down to close out 9-day commercial research mission
    May 31, 2023
  • Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from California
    May 30, 2023
  • Live coverage: U.S.-Saudi commercial astronaut crew returns to Earth
    May 30, 2023
  • Chinese astronaut launch breaks record for most people in orbit
    May 30, 2023
  • Live coverage: China launches three-man crew to Tiangong space station
    May 29, 2023
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