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Photos: Cargo vessel enclosed in Atlas rocket nose cone

November 20, 2015 Justin Ray

This photo gallery shows the commercial Cygnus cargo resupplier for the International Space Station on Monday at Kennedy Space Center being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket’s payload fairing for the planned Dec. 3 liftoff.

Explained: Why Atlas 5 will have longer windows for station flights

November 18, 2015 Justin Ray

Expanding a single instant in time to 30 minutes, the upcoming Atlas 5 rockets with Cygnus cargo-delivery freighters bound for the International Space Station will have an unprecedented opportunity available to launch each day.

Station-bound cargo ship shown to press before launch

November 14, 2015 Justin Ray

The Orbital ATK’s Cygnus commercial resupply spacecraft, named the SS Deke Slayton II, is packed up and poised for launch to the International Space Station.

Stacking starts for Atlas 5 cargo run to space station with Cygnus

November 11, 2015 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance has begun stacking its first Atlas 5 rocket to fly in service to the International Space Station, a commercial mission to send supplies to the orbiting complex.

Video released from Atlas 5 rocket launch of cubesat flock

November 4, 2015 Justin Ray

Remarkable rocketcam video footage of the Oct. 8 flight a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from California has been released to show its hitchhiker cubesat payloads shooting into orbit.

Giant antenna deploys successfully aboard Morelos 3

November 4, 2015 Justin Ray

Mexico’s advanced mobile communications satellite launched last month for humanitarian and national security uses has successfully blossomed in space.

A month to remember for ULA and the Atlas 5 rocket

November 1, 2015 Justin Ray

Four weeks, three launches, two coasts. October was an unprecedented month for United Launch Alliance and its venerable workhorse rocket.

Photos: New GPS navigation satellite powered from Earth

November 1, 2015 Justin Ray

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

Video: Halloween liftoff of Atlas 5 with GPS 2F-11

October 31, 2015 Justin Ray

A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

October 29, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 12:13 p.m. EDT (1613 GMT) Saturday to deploy a new Global Positioning System satellite.