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VideoAtlas 5 rocket launches Amazon’s first Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral
A ULA Atlas 5 rocket is set to launch no earlier than 2 p.m. EDT (1800 UTC) on Friday, Oct. 6. It will sent up two prototype satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite internet constellation.
Watch a 4K replay of the Atlas 5 launching for the National Reconnaissance Office
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket roars away from launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Watch live video of the Solar Orbiter launch pad at Cape Canaveral (members only)
Watch live video of launch pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as an Atlas 5 rocket is prepared to launch the ESA's Solar Orbiter mission. The Atlas 5 rocket will be rolled from it's Vertical Inegration Building (VIF) to the pad on Saturday morning.
Live coverage: Practice countdown completed for Starliner and Atlas 5
An 11-hour practice countdown was completed Friday at Cape Canaveral's launch complex 41 for the planned launch of an Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing's Starliner capsule later this month. The rocket was loaded with super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen in a full dress rehearsal for launch day.
Atlas 5 launches AEHF 5 as seen from Kennedy Space Center (members only)
An Atlas 5 lifts off at dawn creating a spectacular sky show as it races toward orbit carrying the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF 5) communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force.
VideoWatch live as NASA announces astronaut crews for new U.S. spacecraft
NASA is announcing the astronauts who will fly the first crewed test flights of the SpaceX Dragon 2 and Boeing Starliner capsules next year. The event at the Johnson Space Center is due to get underway at 11am EDT (1500 GMT).
Watch a replay of the Atlas 5 AFSPC 11 launch
Watch a replay of the Atlas 5 rocket soaring into space on 14 April carrying multiple U.S. Air Force communications and tech demo satellites.
Replay: Atlas 5 launches missile warning satellite
Watch a replay of the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the $1.2 billion SBIRS GEO Flight 4 satellite into orbit.
Atlas 5 launch as seen from the KSC Press Site (members only)
An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral carrying the SBIRS GEO-4 missile early warning satellite in this video shot from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site.
Atlas 5/SBIRS GEO Flight 4 launch timeline
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the SBIRS GEO Flight 4 satellite for U.S. military infrared reconnaissance.