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Video: EchoStar 19 launches to space atop Atlas 5 rocket

December 18, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing a million pounds, unleashes two million pounds of thrust from its main engine and three solid-fuel boosters today to launch the EchoStar 19 commercial Internet broadcast satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with EchoStar 19 and nighttime pics

December 17, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with three strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today for Sunday’s launch of the commercial EchoStar 19 communications satellite.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

December 16, 2016 Justin Ray

Putting new technology in the sky that will beam high-speed Internet to rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral today to deploy the commercial EchoStar 19 satellite. Follow the ascent in our live journal.

Timeline: Atlas 5/EchoStar 19 ascent

December 16, 2016 Justin Ray

This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the EchoStar 19 satellite for HughesNet’s direct-to-home Internet connectivity. Launch is scheduled for Sunday at 1:27 p.m. EST (1827 GMT).

Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket

December 16, 2016 Justin Ray

A satellite to provide residential Internet services across the U.S. was hoisted aboard its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster on Saturday, Dec. 10 in preparation for liftoff on Sunday, Dec. 18.

Preview: Satellite will beam high-speed Internet across America

December 15, 2016 Justin Ray

A sophisticated communications satellite launches into orbit atop an Atlas 5 rocket Sunday to bring residential high-speed Internet to parts of the U.S. that must look to space for connectivity.

Favorable weather expected for Sunday afternoon’s Atlas 5 rocket launch

December 14, 2016 Justin Ray

A Sunday afternoon rocket launch is planned for Cape Canaveral this weekend, and beachgoers should have good weather conditions to watch the commercial Atlas 5 rocket power skyward with an Internet access satellite.

Photos: EchoStar 19 encapsulated for launch atop Atlas 5

December 12, 2016 Justin Ray

In preparation for liftoff Dec. 18 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, the powerful Internet-from-space broadcasting satellite called EchoStar 19 was encapsulated in the nose cone.

EchoStar 19 launch aboard Atlas 5 rocket now planned for Dec. 18

December 9, 2016 Justin Ray

A state-of-the-art satellite to provide high-speed Internet connectivity across North America, specializing in areas where terrestrial networks are not available, will be mounted atop its booster rocket Saturday in preparation for launch next weekend.

Atlas 5 rocket to finish year with commercial broadband satellite launch

November 28, 2016 Justin Ray

Preparing for its eighth launch of the year, the Atlas 5 rocket program has begun stacking the vehicle that will deploy a commercial satellite to provide Internet connectivity to rural America.