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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

November 18, 2016 Justin Ray


(Launch webcast begins at 4:45 p.m. EST / 2145 GMT)

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Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the GOES-R weather satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Wednesday sunrise Falcon 9 flight
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  • SpaceX’s Tuesday night Starlink features rare debut of a Falcon booster
    September 2, 2025
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  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into polar orbit
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  • NASA, NOAA prep spacecraft trio to study the Sun and its impacts
    August 29, 2025
  • SpaceX launches record-breaking 30th flight of a Falcon 9 booster
    August 27, 2025
  • SpaceX completes 400th Falcon booster landing on a drone ship
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  • SpaceX successfully launches Super Heavy-Starship on critical test flight
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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    August 27, 2025
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