Tag: AV-071
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Photos: Final batch of EchoStar 19 launch shots
With a 2-to-1 thrust-to-weight ratio, the million-pound United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashed two-million pounds of ground-shaking thrust to power away from its seaside launch complex at 2:13 p.m. EST (1913 GMT) Sunday with the EchoStar 19 satellite. Credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin/United Launch Alliance See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19 broadband satellite
Launching a high-capacity satellite to beam the Internet into homes across rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Video: EchoStar 19 launches to space atop Atlas 5 rocket
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing a million pounds, unleashes two million pounds of thrust from its main engine and three solid-fuel boosters today to launch the EchoStar 19 commercial Internet broadcast satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Atlas 5 rocket launches satellite to bring high-speed Internet to more Americans
(Video courtesy United Launch Alliance) CAPE CANAVERAL — The world’s highest capacity broadband satellite, a craft that will connect rural America to high-speed Internet service, successfully rocketed into space today aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster. With a 2-to-1 thrust-to-weight ratio, the million-pound rocket unleashed two-million pounds of ground-shaking thrust to power away…
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Photos: Final ULA mission of the year blasts off successfully
Marking United Launch Alliance’s 12th and last rocket flight in 2016, the Atlas 5 rocket departed Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon carrying EchoStar 19 to provide Internet connectivity across North America. Credit: United Launch Alliance / Lockheed Martin See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: EchoStar 19 launch as seen from press site
As viewed from the ITL Causeway at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket departs for space with the EchoStar 19 satellite to delivery Internet connectivity across the U.S. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage. Our Atlas archive.
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Photos: Atlas 5 rolled out with EchoStar 19 and nighttime pics
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…
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Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket
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…
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Timeline: Atlas 5/EchoStar 19 ascent
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…
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Preview: Satellite will beam high-speed Internet across America
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…