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SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg

February 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

SpaceX plans to set up landing pads on abandoned launch sites at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg Air Force Base in a step toward the company’s vision for eventual recovery and reuse of rocket boosters.

Recap story: 200th Atlas-Centaur launching delivers Navy satellite

January 21, 2015 Justin Ray

Launching for the 200th time and loaded with one of its heaviest cargoes ever, the Atlas-Centaur rocket flexed its muscle and sped away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night with a U.S. Navy satellite for mobile communications to the military and White House.

Preview: Navy craft to ride milestone Atlas-Centaur launching

January 17, 2015 Justin Ray

The 200th Atlas-Centaur rocket, history some 52 years in the making, will blast off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral to deliver a U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite into orbit.

Thick clouds a concern for Tuesday’s Atlas 5 launch

January 16, 2015 Justin Ray

The preliminary weather forecast for Tuesday evening’s Atlas 5 rocket launch carrying a Navy communications satellite predicts a 60 percent chance of acceptable conditions, with thick clouds the main threat against flying at 7:43 p.m. EST as scheduled.

24 launches scheduled at Cape Canaveral this year

January 14, 2015 Stephen Clark

Up to 24 launches are planned from Cape Canaveral in 2015, thanks to jam-packed manifests for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to send up satellites for the U.S. military, NASA and commercial telecom operators.

Video: Atlas 5 GPS 2F-8 Launch Highlights

October 30, 2014 Spaceflight Now

Video highlights of the 50th Atlas 5 flight. The United Launch Alliance rocket carried the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS 2F-8) satellite for the U.S. Air Force.

50th Atlas 5 rocket puts up new GPS satellite

October 29, 2014 Justin Ray

Launching for the 50th time, an Atlas 5 rocket flew a milestone mission Wednesday in deploying a Global Positioning System satellite for the worldwide utility.

Video: Atlas 5 Rocket launches with GPS Satellite

October 29, 2014 Spaceflight Now

The 50th Atlas 5 rocket lifts off From Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite.

Atlas 5 to fly Wednesday, continuing rapid deployment of GPS satellites

October 25, 2014 Justin Ray

Launching new Global Positioning System navigation satellites at a rate not seen in 21 years, this year’s fourth such deployment is coming up at midday Wednesday, Oct. 29 by an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

Orion’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket moved to launch pad

October 1, 2014 Spaceflight Now

The booster rocket that will launch NASA’s next-generation Orion space capsule on a two-orbit, four-hour shakedown cruise in December has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.

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