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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

June 23, 2016 Justin Ray


(Launch webcast begins at 10:10 a.m. EDT)

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Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the MUOS 5 mobile communications satellite for the U.S. Navy. 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: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    February 11, 2026
  • ULA sets sights on ramping up launch cadence in 2026
    February 11, 2026
  • Weather delays NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 flight to the International Space Station
    February 9, 2026
  • SpaceX test fires its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of midweek launch of Crew-12 to the space station
    February 8, 2026
  • SpaceX launches return to flight Falcon 9 mission following brief stand down
    February 7, 2026
  • SpaceX shifts away from Dragon launches at pad 39A as Starship looms
    February 6, 2026
  • ULA offloads first Vulcan rocket at Vandenberg at it preps its next Cape launch
    February 6, 2026
  • NASA waves off February launch for Artemis II moon mission; now targeting early March
    February 3, 2026
  • SpaceX experiences Falcon 9 upper stage anomaly following Starlink deployment
    February 1, 2026
  • Countdown underway for critical moon rocket fueling test Monday
    February 1, 2026
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