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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

July 26, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237 GMT) today to deploy a classified satellite in service to the national security of the United States. Follow the mission in our live journal.

Photos: Atlas 5 rocket moved to launch pad for Thursday takeoff

July 26, 2016 Justin Ray

Ready to deliver 1.5 million pounds of thrust Thursday morning, an Atlas 5 rocket was rolled from its assembly building to the launch pad today for its national security satellite-deployment flight.

Preview: New satellite for spy agency awaits launch into space Thursday

July 26, 2016 Justin Ray

An Atlas 5 rocket carrying a classified national security satellite was rolled to the launch pad this morning for Thursday’s flight to bolster the U.S. intelligence-gathering space architecture.

Photos: Payload with whimsical logo painted on nose cone lifted atop Atlas

July 26, 2016 Justin Ray

Already shrouded in the Atlas 5 rocket’s Extra Extended Payload Fairing (XEPF) aluminum nose cone, the National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-61 satellite was delivered to Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility on Tuesday, July 19 and lifted aboard the United Launch Alliance vehicle for flight.

NASA books nuclear-certified Atlas 5 rocket for Mars 2020 rover launch

July 25, 2016 Justin Ray

America’s next Mars rover, a $2.1 billion nuclear-powered vehicle to search for evidence that life once existed there, will be launched to the Red Planet in the summer of 2020 by a powerful Atlas 5 rocket.

Weather outlook favorable for Thursday’s national security launch by Atlas 5

July 24, 2016 Justin Ray

Good weather for launching a rocket is forecast for Cape Canaveral and the Space Coast on Thursday morning when a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 is scheduled to take flight.

Secret NRO satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for July 28 launch

July 19, 2016 Justin Ray

Crews hoisted a covert spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 booster rocket this morning for its trek into an equatorial orbit next week.

Delta 2 rocket being assembled at Vandenberg for penultimate launch

July 12, 2016 Justin Ray

The next-to-last Delta 2 rocket is being stacked at its California launch site to take flight in January to put a civilian weather satellite into polar orbit.

Mystery payload for spy satellite agency launching aboard next Atlas 5

July 10, 2016 Justin Ray

United Launch Alliance is preparing an Atlas 5 rocket to boost an undercover satellite into orbit for national security later this month.

Delta 4 rolls out for second launch in ‘neighborhood watch’ effort

July 6, 2016 Justin Ray

Just three weeks after the Delta 4-Heavy rocket left the launch pad on its way to a successful satellite-deployment mission for U.S. national security, a smaller booster in the family has rolled out for its August military flight.