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Video released from Atlas 5 rocket launch of cubesat flock

November 4, 2015 Justin Ray

Remarkable rocketcam video footage of the Oct. 8 flight a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from California has been released to show its hitchhiker cubesat payloads shooting into orbit.

Giant antenna deploys successfully aboard Morelos 3

November 4, 2015 Justin Ray

Mexico’s advanced mobile communications satellite launched last month for humanitarian and national security uses has successfully blossomed in space.

A month to remember for ULA and the Atlas 5 rocket

November 1, 2015 Justin Ray

Four weeks, three launches, two coasts. October was an unprecedented month for United Launch Alliance and its venerable workhorse rocket.

Photos: New GPS navigation satellite powered from Earth

November 1, 2015 Justin Ray

A collection of pad photos from the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation satellite.

Recap story: Three Atlas 5 launch successes in one month

October 31, 2015 Justin Ray

Completing an October to remember, the third Atlas 5 rocket launch in just 29 days thundered into space Saturday, this time to replace an aging satellite in the Global Positioning System.

Video: Halloween liftoff of Atlas 5 with GPS 2F-11

October 31, 2015 Justin Ray

A replay of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launching the Global Positioning System 2F-11 navigation spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

ULA’s Atlas 5 wins contract to launch NASA data relay satellite

October 30, 2015 Stephen Clark

The last of NASA’s current-generation tracking and data relay satellites designed to link mission control with the International Space Station has been assigned for launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in October 2017, officials announced Friday.

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

October 29, 2015 Justin Ray

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 12:13 p.m. EDT (1613 GMT) Saturday to deploy a new Global Positioning System satellite.

Photos: Thursday’s Atlas 5 rollout to launch pad

October 29, 2015 Justin Ray

The Atlas 5 rocket emerges from the Vertical Integration Facility for rollout to Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch GPS 2F-11 on Friday at 12:17 p.m. EDT.

One year after Antares failure, Orbital ATK nears return to flight

October 29, 2015 Stephen Clark

A year after a launch mishap left Orbital ATK’s Cygnus supply ship without a ride to the International Space Station, company officials say the cargo delivery system is on the verge of a comeback, thanks to deals with United Launch Alliance and a decision to redesign its Antares booster with new rocket engines.