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A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifts off at 7:13 p.m. EDT (2313 GMT) Saturday. Credit: United Launch Alliance A package of communications and tech demo satellites for the U.S. Air Force rode a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into an orbit more than 20,000 miles over the equator after liftoff from Cape…

An Atlas 5 rocket rumbled into space Saturday evening after lifting off from Cape Canaveral with multiple U.S. Air Force communications and tech demo satellites, and brilliant clear skies made for ideal viewing conditions shortly before sunset. Powering off the launch pad with 2.6 million pounds of thrust, the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket…

These photos captured on the eve of launch show a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket standing on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ready for blastoff on the U.S. Air Force’s AFSPC 11 mission with three satellites on-board. Liftoff is set during a launch window Saturday that opens at 7:13 p.m. EDT…

A United Launch Atlas 5 rocket is set to loft three military satellites for the U.S. Air Force on a mission codenamed AFSPC 11. This timeline shows the major mission events planned over a six-hour flight to a near-geostationary orbit. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket, propelled by an RD-180 main engine and five solid rocket boosters,…

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s AFSPC-11 mission carrying the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS) satellite and the EAGLE payload. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ULA’s live video coverage of the Atlas 5 launch will begin at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT)…

A United Launch Alliance arrived at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Friday morning after rolling out of its vertical hangar with three U.S. Air Force satellites designed to provide communications to military leaders and test new in-orbit inspection and surveillance technology. These photos show the 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket emerging from the Vertical Integration Facility…

The Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to pad 41 Friday. Credit: ULA United Launch Alliance crews at Cape Canaveral are finishing final preparations for an Atlas 5 rocket launch Saturday evening to dispatch three U.S. military satellites directly to an orbital perch more than 20,000 miles over the equator. Set for blastoff at 7:13 p.m.…