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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

October 7, 2015 Justin Ray


(Launch webcast begins at 5:29 a.m. PDT)

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Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on the NROL-55 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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News Headlines

  • Live coverage: Atlas 5 makes another try to launch ViaSat-3 F2 communications satellite
    November 6, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    November 6, 2025
  • Atlas booster valve issue scrubs launch of ViaSat-3 F2 satellite
    November 5, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    November 5, 2025
  • President Trump renominates commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator
    November 4, 2025
  • Commercial space station demo, data center precursor launch on SpaceX Bandwagon-4 mission
    November 1, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 100th Starlink flight of 2025
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  • Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander
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  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    October 28, 2025
  • Blue Origin details lunar exploration progress amid Artemis 3 contract shakeup
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