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Video: X-37B payload mated to Atlas 5

May 12, 2015 Justin Ray

Already encapsulated in the 18-foot-diameter nose cone, the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane is hoisted atop the Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility.

Credit: ULA

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Tropical weather postpones Monday’s Atlas 5 rocket launch

August 29, 2015 Justin Ray

Plans to launch a Navy communications satellite aboard an Atlas 5 rocket early Monday have been interrupted by Tropical Storm Erika, an unpredictable cyclone with its sights on Florida.

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Photos: Atlas 5 lifts off with Solar Orbiter

February 14, 2020 Stephen Clark

Take a look back at the Feb. 9 launch of a 189-foot-tall (57.6-meter) Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral carrying the European-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

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Photos: First ULA mission of the year blasts off

January 21, 2017 Justin Ray

Marking United Launch Alliance’s first rocket flight in 2017, beginning its year of national security and science-enabling missions, the Atlas 5 rocket departs Cape Canaveral carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite.

News Headlines

  • SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
    May 28, 2025
  • SpaceX launches first flight-proven Super Heavy booster, loses control of Starship mid-flight
    May 28, 2025
  • Launch preview: SpaceX to launch its Starship-Super Heavy rocket on its 9th test flight
    May 26, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit from California
    May 26, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Memorial Day weekend Falcon 9 flight
    May 24, 2025
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