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ULA delays Atlas 5 launch to August
File photo of an Atlas 5 launch last year carrying the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Advanced EHF communications satellite. The next Atlas 5 flight, now set for no earlier than Aug. 8, will loft the fifth AEHF relay satellite for the Air Force. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance is pushing back its next…
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Next Atlas 5 launch delayed by battery failure
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated June 28 with new target launch date of July 17. The Atlas 5’s payload fairing, containing the Air Force’s AEHF 5 communications satellite, was transferred to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad June 15. Credit: United Launch Alliance The next launch of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s…
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ULA begins stacking Atlas 5 rocket for late June launch
The first stage of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket arrives at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Friday. Credit: United Launch Alliance The bronze first stage of United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas 5 rocket arrived at its Cape Canaveral launch pad Friday, where it will be joined by five solid-fueled boosters, a Centaur upper stage and…
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Atlas 5 rocket, U.S. Air Force satellite arrive at Cape Canaveral for June launch
The first stage of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket is unloaded from the Mariner transport ship after arriving at Cape Canaveral on April 21. Credit: United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket hardware and a U.S. Air Force communications satellite have arrived at Cape Canaveral for United Launch Alliance’s next mission, scheduled for liftoff June 27. The…