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Next GPS satellite moves closer to launch date
Joining the payload with its ride to space, United Launch Alliance crews today placed the next Global Positioning System satellite atop an Atlas 5 rocket for blastoff July 15.
Preps begin for summer’s third planned military space launch
Tucked inside a shipping crate aboard an Air Force C-5 transport aircraft, the Navy's next mobile communications satellite has flown from California to Florida in preparation for liftoff this summer.
Stacking of 55th Atlas 5 rocket starts
Beginning its fourth launch campaign of the year, the Atlas 5 rocket program has started stacking the vehicle that will boost a satellite 11,000 miles high for the Global Positioning System.
Launch campaign underway for next Air Force Delta 4 rocket
With the Delta 4 rocket now waiting on the launch pad, its Air Force Wideband Global SATCOM communications satellite payload has jetted from the Los Angeles factory to the Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff this summer.
X-37B spaceplane’s orbit discovered
Hobbyists who keep track of the skies with remarkable precision have found the U.S. Air Force's mini space shuttle in its no-longer-secret orbit around the Earth.
VideoVideo: Fourth X-37B launch highlights
This is the launch highlights reel from United Launch Alliance of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the fourth mission of the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane.
Photos: Pad cameras capture Atlas 5 launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane lifts off at 11:05 a.m. EDT from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Photos: Atlas 5 sets sail to orbit
A collection of pad photos from the ULA Atlas 5 rocket launch of the X-37B spaceplane on its fourth mission taken by photographer Walter Scriptunas II.
VideoLaunch story: X-37B embarks on fourth voyage in orbit
A robotic space shuttle with stubby wings, tail fins, its belly covered with black thermal tiles, clam-shell doors that swing open to reveal a payload bay and a solar array for ultralong-duration missions rode into orbit Wednesday on the fourth mission of the Air Force's reusable X-37B spaceplane project.
VideoVideo: Liftoff of Atlas 5 with X-37B on program’s fourth flight
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Air Force's X-37B reusable spaceplane from Cape Canaveral, Florida.