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VideoFriday’s Atlas 5 launch as seen from the air, land and rocket
Perspectives of Friday's United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight were snapped from a commercial airliner, a satellite observer in Australia and the booster itself.
Photos: Atlas 5 launches MUOS 5
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully flies to orbit Friday to deliver the U.S. Navy's fifth Mobile User Objective System communications satellite.
Photos: Atlas 5 fulfills MUOS launch series with fifth successful launch
Launching the U.S. Navy's fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral today.
Photos: Most powerful Atlas 5 puts 15,000-pound satellite in orbit
With five side-mounted solid rocket boosters for added power, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully deployed the U.S. Navy's fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite.
Navy satellite sails to orbit atop Atlas 5 rocket for communications grid
The constellation-building Atlas 5 rocket from United Launch Alliance successfully deployed the fifth communications spacecraft for the Navy's Mobile User Objective System today to form a new rugged smartphone network for the U.S. military.
Video: Liftoff of Atlas 5 and MUOS 5 for the Navy and rest of U.S. military
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 206 feet tall and and weighing 1.3 million pounds, unleashes two-and-a-half million pounds of thrust from its main engine and five solid-fuel boosters to launch the Navy's MUOS 5 satellite from Cape Canaveral.
Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad at sunset
The night before its planned flight coupled the photogenic United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and a gorgeous sunset at Cape Canaveral.
Photos: Atlas 5 rocket positioned on launch pad for Navy satellite deployment
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was rolled to the pad today at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 in preparation for Friday's liftoff. The flight will deliver the Mobile User Objective System satellite No. 5 into orbit, fulfilling a five-launch, four-year effort to assemble the military's secure smartphone mobile communications network. Launch is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).
Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
The most powerful version of United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) today on a three-hour flight to deploy a U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite into orbit. Follow the mission in our live journal.
Public viewing suggestions for Friday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch
Playalinda Beach is an ideal public viewing spot for Friday morning's Atlas 5 rocket launch of the Navy's MUOS 5 communications satellite. The location puts you less than five miles from the launch pad to feel the 2.5 million pounds of liftoff thrust!