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September 9, 2024

Breaking News

[ September 9, 2024 ] Live coverage: SpaceX targets Tuesday for next launch attempt of the Polaris Dawn mission Falcon 9
[ September 7, 2024 ] Starliner lands safely in New Mexico Mission Reports
[ September 6, 2024 ] As it happened: Boeing’s Starliner returned to Earth, marking the end of the Crew Flight Test mission Mission Reports
[ September 6, 2024 ] SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on national security mission for the NRO Falcon 9
[ September 4, 2024 ] SpaceX launches 7,000th Starlink satellite to date on Falcon 9 flight 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.