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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with U.S. military’s X-37B spaceplane
Launching the sixth mission of the U.S. military’s super-secret X-37B spaceplane program, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off Sunday morning from Cape Canaveral and successfully delivered its clandestine cargo to orbit. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 rocket launched from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:14 a.m. EDT (1314…
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Upgraded X-37B spaceplane rockets into orbit aboard Atlas 5 launcher
A 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 rocket climbs into the sky over Cape Canaveral on Sunday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Darting through low clouds, the US Air Force’s reusable X-37B spaceplane rode a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket into orbit Sunday, debuting upgrades to accommodate additional scientific experiments, a dishwasher-sized tech demo satellite, and classified…
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Atlas 5 dedicated to health care workers, coronavirus victims
The Atlas 5 rocket launch carrying the sixth mission of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane has become part of the military’s “America Strong” campaign, which includes nationwide aerial displays by the Blue Angles and Thunderbirds. Credit: United Launch Alliance U.S. military officials and United Launch Alliance have dedicated the planned launch Saturday of an…
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 launches with X-37B spaceplane
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with on the sixth flight of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. United Launch Alliance’s live launch broadcast begins at 8:55 a.m. EDT (1255 GMT) Sunday, May 17. Spaceflight Now members can watch a live…
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Payloads revealed for next flight of X-37B military spaceplane
The X-37B spacecraft is encapsulated inside the Atlas 5 rocket’s payload fairing inside a processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: U.S. Space Force The next flight of the U.S. military’s reusable X-37B spaceplane — scheduled for liftoff May 16 from Cape Canaveral — will carry more experiments into orbit than any…