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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.
Multi-national contribution to U.S. military network delivered for launch
The next satellite for the U.S. military's communications network, this one purchased by five international allies, has arrived in Florida for its launch in March atop a Delta 4 rocket.
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.
EchoStar 19 launch seen from KSC Press Site
Watch an Atlas 5 rocket launch the EchoStar 19 satellite on December 19, 2016. This view was captured by Spaceflight Now's camera at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center Press Site.
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.