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Atlas 5

Photos: Final batch of EchoStar 19 launch shots

December 20, 2016 Justin Ray

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.

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Photos: Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19 broadband satellite

December 19, 2016 Justin Ray

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.

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EchoStar 19 launch seen from KSC Press Site

December 19, 2016 Spaceflight Now

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.

Atlas 5

Photos: Final ULA mission of the year blasts off successfully

December 18, 2016 Justin Ray

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.

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Photos: EchoStar 19 launch as seen from press site

December 18, 2016 Justin Ray

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.

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Atlas 5 rocket launches satellite to bring high-speed Internet to more Americans

December 18, 2016 Justin Ray

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.

Atlas 5

Video: EchoStar 19 launches to space atop Atlas 5 rocket

December 18, 2016 Justin Ray

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.

Atlas 5

Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with EchoStar 19 and nighttime pics

December 17, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with three strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today for Sunday’s launch of the commercial EchoStar 19 communications satellite.

Atlas 5

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

December 16, 2016 Justin Ray

Putting new technology in the sky that will beam high-speed Internet to rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral today to deploy the commercial EchoStar 19 satellite. Follow the ascent in our live journal.

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Timeline: Atlas 5/EchoStar 19 ascent

December 16, 2016 Justin Ray

This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the EchoStar 19 satellite for HughesNet’s direct-to-home Internet connectivity. Launch is scheduled for Sunday at 1:27 p.m. EST (1827 GMT).

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