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June 16, 2025

Breaking News

[ June 15, 2025 ] Atlas 5 booster engine issue causes scrub of Monday’s Kuiper 2 launch Atlas 5
[ June 13, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ June 12, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ June 10, 2025 ] SpaceX to debut its fifth and final Crew Dragon spacecraft on Axiom Mission 4 Falcon 9
[ June 10, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9

Atlas 5 rocket to finish year with commercial broadband satellite launch

November 28, 2016 Justin Ray

Preparing for its eighth launch of the year, the Atlas 5 rocket program has begun stacking the vehicle that will deploy a commercial satellite to provide Internet connectivity to rural America.

Atlas 5 rocket awarded commercial launch for EchoStar

August 5, 2015 Justin Ray

A powerhouse Internet-from-space communications satellite will be launched from the Cape next year atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, officials announced Wednesday.