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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to launch pad 41
Set to fly in its most powerful configuration with five solid rocket boosters, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 launch pad Tuesday in preparation for a planned blastoff two days later with a U.S. military communications satellite.
Photos: AEHF 5 satellite encapsulated for launch
The U.S. Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, designed for secure, jam-resistant communications, is set for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. These photos show the AEHF 5 satellite during encapsulation inside the Atlas 5's payload shroud.
SpaceX successfully launches Israeli-owned telecom satellite
SpaceX carried the Israeli-owned Amos 17 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral into orbit Tuesday on top of a Falcon 9 launcher, nearly three years after a SpaceX rocket explosion destroyed a predecessor payload before it could get off the ground.
Two communications satellites ride Ariane 5 rocket into geostationary transfer orbit
A U.S.-built commercial communications craft owned by Intelsat and a new node for Europe's laser data relay satellite network rocketed into orbit Tuesday from Kourou, French Guiana, on top of an Ariane 5 rocket.
Video: Atlas 5 rolls out to launch pad with the Air Force’s AEHF 5 comsat (members only)
Spaceflight Now Members can watch a time-lapse replay of the Atlas 5 rocket's rollout to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station before the launch of the U.S. Air Force's AEHF 5 communications satellite.
VideoLive coverage: Ariane 5 rocket takes off from French Guiana
Two communications payloads -- one for Intelsat and another for Europe's data relay satellite system -- lifted off from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at 1930 GMT (3:30 p.m. EDT) Tuesday.
Second node ready to join European laser relay network
A German-built satellite designed to relay data between other orbiting spacecraft and ground stations using laser beams is set for launch in tandem with an Intelsat communications craft Tuesday from Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket.
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral launched an Atlas 5 rocket at 6:13 a.m. EDT (1013 GMT) Thursday with the U.S. Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite. The AEHF 5 satellite will join a network of geostationary relay stations providing secure, jam-resistant video, voice and data links for the U.S. military.
Photos: Amos 17 satellite encapsulated for launch
These photos show the enclosure of the Boeing-built Amos 17 commercial communications satellite, owned by the Tel Aviv-based operator Spacecom Ltd., ahead of liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
VideoLive coverage: Falcon 9 launches with the Amos 17 communications satellite
Overcoming a dynamic and stormy weather pattern in Central Florida, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the Israeli-owned Amos 17 commercial communications satellite Tuesday at 7:23 p.m. EDT (2323 GMT).