Tag: Atlas 5

  • Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with EchoStar 19 and nighttime pics

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    The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, equipped with three strap-on solid-propellant boosters for added performance, was transfered from its assembly building to the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 today for Sunday’s launch of the commercial EchoStar 19 communications satellite. Sunday’s liftoff is planned for 1:27 p.m. EST (1827 GMT). The rocket was wheeled…

  • Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket

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    A satellite to provide residential Internet services across the U.S. was hoisted aboard its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster on Saturday, Dec. 10 in preparation for liftoff on Sunday, Dec. 18. The already-encapsulated EchoStar 19 spacecraft was moved overnight from the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41. At the Vertical…

  • Timeline: Atlas 5/EchoStar 19 ascent

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    This is the launch timeline to be followed by the Atlas 5 rocket’s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral with the EchoStar 19 satellite for HughesNet’s direct-to-home Internet connectivity. Launch is scheduled for Sunday at 1:27 p.m. EST (1827 GMT). T+00:01.1 Liftoff With the RD-180 main engine running, the three strap-on solid rocket boosters are…

  • Preview: Satellite will beam high-speed Internet across America

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    An artist’s concept of EchoStar 19 deployed in space. Credit: Hughes CAPE CANAVERAL — A sophisticated communications satellite launches into orbit atop an Atlas 5 rocket Sunday to bring residential high-speed Internet to parts of the U.S. that must look to space for connectivity. Getting EchoStar 19 aloft begins with a ride to super-synchronous transfer…

  • Favorable weather expected for Sunday afternoon’s Atlas 5 rocket launch

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    The view of Playalinda Beach when an Atlas 5 launched in June. Credit: United Launch Alliance WEATHER: CAPE CANAVERAL — A Sunday afternoon rocket launch is planned for Cape Canaveral this weekend, and beachgoers should have good weather conditions to watch the commercial Atlas 5 rocket power skyward with an Internet access satellite. Pack a…

  • Photos: EchoStar 19 encapsulated for launch atop Atlas 5

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    In preparation for liftoff Dec. 18 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, the powerful Internet-from-space broadcasting satellite called EchoStar 19 was encapsulated in the nose cone as seen below. The operation was performed at the commercial Astrotech processing facility in Titusville on Dec. 5. The satellite will be launched from Cape Canaveral’s Complex…

  • EchoStar 19 launch aboard Atlas 5 rocket now planned for Dec. 18

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    The mission poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A state-of-the-art satellite to provide high-speed Internet connectivity across North America, specializing in areas where terrestrial networks are not available, will be mounted atop its booster rocket Saturday in preparation for launch next weekend. The EchoStar 19 spacecraft will be propelled into orbit atop a…

  • ULA unveils ‘RocketBuilder’ website

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket sits inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral earlier this month before rollout with the GOES-R weather satellite. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky Rocket-builder United Launch Alliance unveiled a first-of-a-kind website Wednesday that shows potential customers exactly what it will cost to…

  • Atlas 5 rocket to finish year with commercial broadband satellite launch

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    The EchoStar 19 spacecraft in the factory. Credit: SSL CAPE CANAVERAL — Preparing for its eighth launch of the year, the Atlas 5 rocket program has begun stacking the vehicle that will deploy a commercial satellite to provide Internet connectivity to rural America. The United Launch Alliance rocket will haul the EchoStar 19 spacecraft into…

  • Photos: America’s 100th EELV blasts off

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    The 100th flight of America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program — a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket — departed Cape Canaveral on Saturday evening carrying the most advanced U.S. weather satellite ever made. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images See earlier GOES-R coverage. Our Atlas archive.