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VideoVideo: Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket with Mexico’s Morelos 3
A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching Mexico's Morelos 3 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Photos: Atlas 5 rolls out for launch
The Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch Morelos 3 on Friday at 6:08 a.m. EDT.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 6:28 a.m. EDT (1028 GMT) today to deploy the Mexican Morelos 3 mobile communications satellite.

Stats: ULA to mark milestone in powering payloads to space
United Launch Alliance, the incumbent leader in U.S. rocketry, goes for its 100th flight Friday, a milestone nine years in the making after eclectic missions to Mars, the moon and Jupiter, and deployments of commercial, military and reconnaissance spacecraft.

Photos: Assembling Atlas 5 rocket to launch Mexican satellite
Relive all of the steps to stack the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral's Vertical Integration Facility for the Morelos 3 satellite deployment mission.

Preview: Mexican communications reform counting on Atlas 5 rocket
Desperately needing a successful deployment to modernize the communications infrastructure for its citizens, Mexico is counting on the Atlas 5 rocket to safely launch a new satellite Friday.

Photos: Morelos 3 satellite wrapped up in Atlas nose cone
This photo gallery shows the Mexican Morelos 3 communications satellite being encapsulated in the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket’s payload fairing for the planned Oct. 2 liftoff.

Mexican communications satellite put aboard Atlas 5 rocket for launch
A 12,000-pound Mexican mobile communications satellite was hoisted atop its Atlas 5 rocket today as crews finished assembling the vehicle for United Launch Alliance's 100th liftoff next week.

Orbital ATK beats out Aerojet in ULA booster selection
United Launch Alliance has selected Orbital ATK to provide solid rocket boosters for the company's next-generation Vulcan launcher, and will switch the workhorse Atlas 5 to the new booster supplier by the end of 2018, officials said Tuesday.

Boeing rejects bid to buy ULA as engine race heats up
Boeing said Wednesday it has turned down an offer from Aerojet Rocketdyne to buy United Launch Alliance, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture that operates the Atlas and Delta rocket fleets.