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Weather forecast now 80 percent ‘go’ for Thursday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Meteorologists are anticipating favorable odds of good weather during the countdown to launch an Atlas 5 rocket and U.S. military satellite on Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral.
Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morning
Critical operations were completed this morning by United Launch Alliance at Cape Canaveral to prepare two rockets for upcoming flights into space.
Fastest ever stacking of Atlas 5 underway for next national security launch
Just two weeks before it flies to space, the core stage of the next Atlas 5 rocket was erected aboard the mobile launcher platform this morning by United Launch Alliance technicians to kick off a streamlined vehicle assembly that will break a record.
Photos: Final batch of EchoStar 19 launch shots
With a 2-to-1 thrust-to-weight ratio, the million-pound United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashed two-million pounds of ground-shaking thrust to power away from its seaside launch complex at 2:13 p.m. EST (1913 GMT) Sunday with the EchoStar 19 satellite.
Photos: Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19 broadband satellite
Launching a high-capacity satellite to beam the Internet into homes across rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon.
Photos: Final ULA mission of the year blasts off successfully
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.
Photos: EchoStar 19 launch as seen from press site
As viewed from the ITL Causeway at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket departs for space with the EchoStar 19 satellite to delivery Internet connectivity across the U.S.
Atlas 5 rocket launches satellite to bring high-speed Internet to more Americans
The world's highest capacity broadband satellite, a craft that will connect rural America to high-speed Internet service, successfully rocketed into space today aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster.
Video: EchoStar 19 launches to space atop Atlas 5 rocket
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
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.