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Weather not looking promising for Atlas 5 launch

December 10, 2014 Justin Ray

Rainy weather at the California launch site is forecast to put a damper on plans to fly an Atlas 5 rocket on Thursday evening.

Photos: Payload stacked for Thursday’s Atlas 5

December 9, 2014 Justin Ray

See images of a classified spy payload lifted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine Thursday

December 8, 2014 Justin Ray

The most powerful Atlas rocket to ever fly from the West Coast is poised for launch Thursday to deliver a secret payload into orbit while debuting a new upper stage engine.

Atlas/NROL-35 mission stats

November 17, 2014 Justin Ray

The NROL-35 Atlas 5 launch by the numbers.

Magnetic explosion probes make it to the Cape

November 12, 2014 Justin Ray

Two probes joined an identical pair near their Florida launch site today for liftoff aboard an Atlas 5 rocket in March to study magnetic field explosions in space.

U.S. Navy communications satellite shipped to launch site

November 7, 2014 Justin Ray

A massive U.S. Navy satellite to launch from Cape Canaveral in January has arrived in Florida, kicking off a campaign to ready the mobile communications craft for flight.

Photos: Atlas 5 soars into space with GPS satellite

November 2, 2014 Justin Ray

It was a beautiful blue sky day for the 50th Atlas 5 rocket launch, which successfully blasted off Wednesday from Cape Canaveral to deploy the GPS 2F-8 navigation satellite.

Video: Atlas 5 GPS 2F-8 Launch Highlights

October 30, 2014 Spaceflight Now

Video highlights of the 50th Atlas 5 flight. The United Launch Alliance rocket carried the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS 2F-8) satellite for the U.S. Air Force.

Rocket cameras dazzle on 50th Atlas 5 rocket launch

October 30, 2014 Justin Ray

Onboard video cameras captured critical events during the 50th Atlas 5 rocket launch, beaming back views in stunning clarity of staging and spacecraft separation.

50th Atlas 5 rocket puts up new GPS satellite

October 29, 2014 Justin Ray

Launching for the 50th time, an Atlas 5 rocket flew a milestone mission Wednesday in deploying a Global Positioning System satellite for the worldwide utility.