Stats: Atlas 5 history and backlog

The U.S. Air Force on Friday made its first public confirmation that the X-37B unmanned space shuttle will be launched next month on the fourth flight of an Orbital Test Vehicle.

Watch a replay of the Atlas 5 rocket launch with the GOES-S weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site around 4 miles from the launch pad.

This collection of photographs shows the Air Force’s Global Positioning System 2F-10 navigation satellite being encapsulated in the Atlas 5 nose cone and hoisted atop the rocket for launch July 15.