Video: Atlas 5 launch with GOES-S viewed from KSC press site (members only)

Based upon an on-time launch Thursday, this is the timeline for Cygnus from liftoff through capture by the space station’s robotic arm.

This animation depicts United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket blasting off.

A new four-stage rocket operated by the Chinese launch company Galactic Energy succeeded on its inaugural flight Saturday, delivering a data relay microsatellite to an orbit 300 miles above Earth.