Video: X-37B payload mated to Atlas 5

Marking United Launch Alliance’s 12th and last rocket flight in 2016, the Atlas 5 rocket departed Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon carrying EchoStar 19 to provide Internet connectivity across North America.

Ruag Space, the Swiss manufacturer of nose shrouds for the Atlas 5 rocket, plans to relocate production of Atlas launcher components to United Launch Alliance’s rocket assembly plant in Decatur, Alabama.

A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation satellite.