Video: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off

The payload will be mounted aboard the 200th Atlas-Centaur rocket Thursday, completing assembly of the most-powerful version of the vehicle available in the modern era.

The sophisticated U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite to launch Jan. 20 has been wrapped up in the Atlas 5 rocket’s nose cone for the holidays

A photo gallery shows Tuesday night’s successful Atlas 5 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.