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New target date for next Atlas 5 launch

April 12, 2016 Justin Ray

As the internal investigation continues into the first stage performance trouble on the last Atlas 5 rocket launch, the next mission on the manifest has slipped to May 27.

MUOS 5 satellite comes to Florida on way to geosynchronous orbit

March 9, 2016 Justin Ray

The fifth and final satellite for the U.S. Navy’s new mobile network to provide rugged smartphone communications to all branches of the military has arrived at the launch site for blastoff in May.

2016 manifest preview: United Launch Alliance’s busy year ahead

January 2, 2016 Justin Ray

Some of America’s most critical surveillance satellites, final members of other spacecraft series and a probe that will touch an asteroid are among 15 rocket flights planned by United Launch Alliance in 2016.