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Photos: Atlas launch seen from pad cameras

December 14, 2014 Justin Ray

Views of the Dec. 12 launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from up-close remote cameras placed near the booster’s launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Record-setting Atlas launches with new Centaur engine

December 13, 2014 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket put on a display of power, sound and light Friday evening at Vandenberg Air Force Base in launching a clandestine national security payload, then successfully debuted a new upper stage engine as it flew over the horizon.

Photos: Atlas launch seen from press site

December 13, 2014 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashed two million pounds of thrust at 7:19 p.m. PST (10:19 p.m. EST) on Dec. 12 to blast off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the NROL-35 mission. See photos of the launch from the press viewing site.

Photos: Atlas launch seen from pad cameras

Record-setting Atlas launches with new Centaur engine

Photos: Atlas launch seen from press site

Photos: Gantry retracted from Atlas 5

Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from California

Weather not looking promising for Atlas 5 launch

Photos: Payload stacked for Thursday’s Atlas 5

Atlas 5 to sport new upper stage engine Thursday

Atlas/NROL-35 mission stats