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Year: 2015

Atlas 5

Photos: Gantry retracted from Atlas 5 rocket

October 8, 2015 Justin Ray

The 8-million-pound mobile service tower is retracted from around the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the 19-story-tall vehicle for liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on NROL-55.

Atlas 5

Cygnus supply ship takes weather satellite’s slot in Atlas manifest

October 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

Orbital ATK plans to launch its next two commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station on Atlas 5 rockets, grabbing a launch slot in March after a next-generation U.S. weather satellite was delayed, industry officials said.

Atlas 5

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

October 7, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 5:49 a.m. local time (8:49 a.m. EDT; 1249 GMT) Thursday on the classified National Reconnaissance Office NROL-55 mission.

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Space Station Live: October 7, 2015

October 7, 2015 Spaceflight Now

A video update from mission control Houston on activities aboard the International Space Station. (Membership required)

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Quartet of Earth imaging satellites launched from China

October 7, 2015 Stephen Clark

Four commercial satellites launched from China’s northwestern spaceport Wednesday, riding into a 400-mile-high orbit on top of a two-stage Long March 2D booster rocket.

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OTD…Oct. 7 and STS-112

October 7, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2002…Atlantis launched the outward expansion of the space station’s truss backbone

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Workers complete $15 million in repairs to Antares launch pad

October 6, 2015 Stephen Clark

Repair crews in Virginia have restored the Antares booster’s launch pad — damaged in an explosive rocket crash nearly one year ago — to flight-ready status as the Orbital ATK launcher moves toward a return-to-flight in 2016.

Atlas 5

Intel-gathering spacecraft launch on Atlas 5 scheduled for Thursday

October 6, 2015 Justin Ray

Poised for its one and only satellite launch of the year, the National Reconnaissance Office will conduct a hush-hush flight Thursday using a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from California.

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OTD…Oct. 6 and STS-41

October 6, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 1990…Discovery launched the Ulysses probe bound for the sun

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NASA might pick two Discovery missions, but at a price

October 5, 2015 Stephen Clark

A senior NASA official said Monday the agency could select two new robotic planetary science missions next year for launch in the early 2020s, and the five finalists favor Venus and asteroid research.

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News Headlines

  • Rocket Lab delays debut of Neutron rocket to 2026
    November 11, 2025
  • Florida annual launch record broken with late-night Starlink flight
    November 10, 2025
  • Poor weather prevents Blue Origin from launching NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission
    November 8, 2025
  • SpaceX launches Sunday Starlink mission following Saturday scrub
    November 7, 2025
  • Issue with Atlas 5 booster liquid oxygen vent valve causes second scrub of ViaSat-3 F2 launch
    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
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