Photos: Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19 broadband satellite

The company came under new leadership in December following the departure of Tory Bruno, who left the company to join Blue Origin.

The Atlas rocket to launch four formation-flying spacecraft for NASA in March began to take shape Wednesday at the assembly building adjacent to the Complex 41 pad.

Rocket Lab, a company eyeing a market to launch small satellites, said Monday that bad weather at its privately-operated launch base on New Zealand’s North Island kept a commercial Electron booster from lifting off on its maiden test flight for the second day in a row.