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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

September 8, 2016 Justin Ray


(Launch webcast begins at 4:30 p.m. EDT)

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News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches joint NASA-European sea level monitor
    November 17, 2025
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch international satellite to keep watch on rising sea levels
    November 17, 2025
  • SpaceX completes second fastest turnaround between Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral
    November 14, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
    November 14, 2025
  • Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing
    November 13, 2025
  • ULA launches ViaSat-3 following valve replacement on Atlas 5 rocket
    November 13, 2025
  • Launch preview: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE following scrubs from clouds, space weather
    November 13, 2025
  • NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to ‘highly elevated solar activity’
    November 11, 2025
  • 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
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