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Photos: Atlas 5 returns to pad for night owl launch

October 12, 2017 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the NROL-52 spacecraft aboard moved to the launch pad this morning for liftoff Saturday to serve the national interest. Liftoff is scheduled for 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731 GMT).

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out for NROL-52 flight

October 3, 2017 Justin Ray

Riding the rails between its assembly building and the launch pad, an Atlas 5 rocket topped with a clandestine national security satellite was rolled out this morning for Thursday’s liftoff at 4:07 a.m. EDT (0807 GMT).

Multimedia: Atlas 5 rolled out with TDRS-M

August 16, 2017 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was transferred from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today for Friday’s launch of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M that directly supports the International Space Station and various science missions.

Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with OA-7 Cygnus

April 17, 2017 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today for Tuesday’s launch of a commercially-operated cargo ship to resupply the International Space Station.

Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with SBIRS GEO Flight 3

January 19, 2017 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today for Thursday’s launch of the U.S. military’s third SBIRS GEO missile warning satellite.

Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morning

January 12, 2017 Justin Ray

Critical operations were completed this morning by United Launch Alliance at Cape Canaveral to prepare two rockets for upcoming flights into space.

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.

Photos: H-2B rocket emerges for rollout to launch pad at daybreak

December 8, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Japanese resupply freighter and its H-2B rocket booster rolled out of the vehicle assembly building at the Tanegashima Space Center just before sunrise Friday for the half-hour trip to the launch pad.

Milestone-setting 100th EELV rocket moves to launch pad

November 18, 2016 Justin Ray

The 100th rocket in America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the current fleet of boosters used by the nation to get its critical assets into space, was rolled to the pad Friday morning for a vital mission on Saturday.

Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with GOES-R aboard

November 18, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with four strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 to deliver the GOES-R weather satellite into space.