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    CAPE CANAVERAL — Mexico’s advanced mobile communications satellite launched last month for humanitarian and national security uses has successfully blossomed in space. The $300 million Morelos 3 spacecraft was deployed Oct. 2 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Over the past month, the 11,685-pound…

  • Stats: ULA to mark milestone in powering payloads to space

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    Launch of Atlas 5 with Landsat 8. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — United Launch Alliance, the incumbent leader in U.S. rocketry, goes for its 100th flight Friday, a milestone nine years in the making after eclectic missions to Mars, the moon and Jupiter, and deployments of commercial, military and reconnaissance spacecraft. An Atlas 5 rocket…

  • Preview: Mexican communications reform counting on Atlas 5 rocket

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    An Atlas 5-421 vehicle (like the one pictured) will launch the Morelos 3 satellite. Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services CAPE CANAVERAL — Desperately needing a successful deployment to modernize the communications infrastructure for its citizens, Mexico is counting on the Atlas 5 rocket to safely launch a new satellite Friday. Mexico was burned by a…

  • Commercial Atlas 5 rocket stacking begins for Mexican launch

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    File photo. Credit: NASA-KSC CAPE CANAVERAL — Assembly of a 19-story Atlas rocket started today for a commercial launch next month to aid Mexico’s telecommunications reform aimed at economic growth and the betterment of its societal welfare. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket began to take shape at the Vertical Integration Facility, located adjacent…

  • Mexico plots way forward after loss of satellite

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    Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Mexico’s minister of communications and transportation, speaks at a press conference after Saturday’s launch failure. Jim Kramer (center), ILS vice president of sales and marketing, and Boeing Satellite Systems president Mark Spiwak (right) also spoke after the mishap. Credit: Mexico SCT The Mexican government says it will collect a $390 million insurance…