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Photos: Atlas 5 blasts off with GOES-S weather satellite
NOAA's newest weather satellite, heading for a perch with coverage over the western United States and the Pacific Ocean, launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral on top of an Atlas 5 rocket.
InSight lander flown to California for final launch preps
NASA’s robotic InSight Mars lander arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this week aboard a U.S. Air Force cargo plane, ready for final testing, fueling and launch aboard an Atlas 5 rocket May 5, two years later the originally planned.
Weather satellite for the West Coast launched from Cape Canaveral
A weather satellite set to bring new storm tracking capabilities to the western United States and the Pacific Ocean rode into space atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Thursday.
Video: Replay of Atlas 5’s launch with GOES-S weather satellite
NOAA's GOES-S weather satellite, the latest in a series of meteorological observatories dating back to 1975, lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
Video: Atlas 5 launch with GOES-S viewed from KSC press site (members only)
Watch a replay of the Atlas 5 rocket launch with the GOES-S weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, as seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site around 4 miles from the launch pad.
Watch a live view of the Atlas 5 launch pad with countdown audio (members only)
Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 launch pad as an Atlas 5 rocket counts down to liftoff at 5:02 p.m. EST (2202 GMT) Thursday with the GOES-S weather satellite.
Rideshare mission for U.S. military confirmed as second Falcon Heavy launch
More than two dozen satellites from the U.S. military, NASA and research institutions will ride into orbit on SpaceX's second Falcon Heavy rocket launch, a mission currently scheduled for liftoff in June, a military spokesperson said.
Photos: Atlas 5 treks from hangar to launch pad with GOES-S weather satellite
Rolling out on the eve of liftoff with the GOES-S weather satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket journeyed 1,800 feet from its vertical assembly hangar to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Wednesday.
Video: Time-lapse of Atlas 5’s rollout for launch of GOES-S (members only)
Watch a time-lapse video of the Atlas 5 rocket's rollout at Cape Canaveral on Feb. 28, on the eve of liftoff with the GOES-S weather satellite.
VideoAtlas 5/GOES-S launch timeline
This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the GOES-S weather satellite. Launch is scheduled for Thursday during a two-hour window opening at 5:02 p.m. EST (2202 GMT).