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Photos: More Atlas 5 launch shots
Another batch of Atlas 5 rocket launch photos from Wednesday's flight for the U.S. Navy carrying the Mobile User Objective System spacecraft.
VideoRecap story: Atlas 5 completes heavy-duty launch assignment
In a breath-taking display at daybreak Wednesday, an Atlas rocket powered an enormous U.S. Navy satellite into space to close the last remaining gap and give global reach to the military's new mobile communications system.
Photos: Predawn launch of Atlas 5
A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Navy's Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4.
Photos: Atlas 5 puts on predawn sky show
Streaking away from Cape Canaveral less than an hour before sunrise Wednesday, an Atlas 5 launcher painted a memorable spectacle in the skies over Florida, catching the first rays of the morning as it rocketed out of the stratosphere with a U.S. Navy communications satellite.
VideoVideo: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket to deploy Navy’s MUOS 4 satellite
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Navy's Mobile User Objective System communications satellite No. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off at 6:18 a.m. EDT (1018 GMT).to deploy the Navy's fourth MUOS satellite that will expand coverage to encompass the globe with mobile communications.
VideoAtlas 5 rocket travels to launch pad for Wednesday flight
Delivering two-and-a-half million pounds of ground-shaking thrust at takeoff, more than any rocket flying from Cape Canaveral these days, the mighty vehicle was rolled from its assembly building to the launch pad Monday for Wednesday's early morning blastoff.
Atlas/MUOS 4 launch timeline
This is the ascent timeline to be followed by the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in launching the Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 4 on Wednesday at 5:59 a.m. EDT.
Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Plans to launch a Navy communications satellite aboard an Atlas 5 rocket early Monday have been interrupted by Tropical Storm Erika, an unpredictable cyclone with its sights on Florida.
Preview: Launch to complete Navy satellite fleet’s reach
Likened to raising a cellular tower 22,300 miles high, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will put the Navy's fourth mobile communications satellite into space to expands the rugged smartphone system to global coverage.