{"id":13848,"date":"2018-04-20T20:24:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T12:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-a-look-back-at-last-weekends-atlas-5-launch\/"},"modified":"2018-04-20T20:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T12:24:35","slug":"photos-a-look-back-at-last-weekends-atlas-5-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-a-look-back-at-last-weekends-atlas-5-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: A look back at last weekend\u2019s Atlas 5 launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most powerful configuration of United Launch Alliance\u2019s Atlas 5 rocket blasted off April 14 from Cape Canaveral, hauling multiple U.S. Air Force satellites to a perch high above the equator after piercing a clear evening sky over Florida\u2019s Space Coast with 2.6 million pounds of thrust.<\/p>\n<p>The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket, boosted by an RD-180 main engine and five strap-on solid rocket motors, lifted off at 7:13 p.m. EDT (2313 GMT) on April 14 from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41 launch pad.<\/p>\n<p>These images show the Atlas 5 rocket climbing away from the launch pad, heading east over the Atlantic Ocean on a mission the Air Force codenamed AFSPC 11. It carried a military communications satellite and a tech demo experiment carrier into geostationary orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Read our full story for details on the mission.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31859\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31859\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/27595061948_e7e2348bd3_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/27595061948_e7e2348bd3_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/27595061948_e7e2348bd3_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/27595061948_e7e2348bd3_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/27595061948_e7e2348bd3_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31860\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31860\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-4-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31861\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31861\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-6.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-6-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31862\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31862\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-2-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31863\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31863\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-18.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-18-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31864\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31864\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-5-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31865\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31865\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-25.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-25-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-25-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31866\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31866\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-1.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31867\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31867\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423258132_1f21ae7823_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423258132_1f21ae7823_k.jpg 675w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423258132_1f21ae7823_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31868\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31868\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466098861_8b085b53e9_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466098861_8b085b53e9_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466098861_8b085b53e9_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466098861_8b085b53e9_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466098861_8b085b53e9_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31869\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31869\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466095331_fd6665e8b9_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466095331_fd6665e8b9_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466095331_fd6665e8b9_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466095331_fd6665e8b9_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466095331_fd6665e8b9_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31870\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31870\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11--678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31871\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31871\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8219.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8219-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8219-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8219-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31872\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31872\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-12.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-12-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/afspc_11_remotes_resize-12-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Alex Polimeni\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31712\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31712\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/av_afspc11_l5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/av_afspc11_l5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/av_afspc11_l5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/av_afspc11_l5-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/av_afspc11_l5-678x1017.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31873\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31873\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-1955.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-1955.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-1955-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-1955-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-1955-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31711\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31711\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423251522_ade851f369_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423251522_ade851f369_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423251522_ade851f369_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423251522_ade851f369_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41423251522_ade851f369_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31874\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31874\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8094.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8094.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8094-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8094-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-8094-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31875\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31875\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-2617.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-2617.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-2617-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-2617-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-2617-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31876\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31876\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466092431_6a8cccfb13_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466092431_6a8cccfb13_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466092431_6a8cccfb13_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466092431_6a8cccfb13_k-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/41466092431_6a8cccfb13_k-678x453.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31877\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31877\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-0295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-0295.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-0295-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31878\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31878\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-0410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-0410.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/WVWS_AFSPC11-0410-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Walter Scriptunas II\/Spaceflight Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most powerful configuration of United Launch Alliance\u2019s Atlas 5 rocket blasted off April 14 from Cape Canaveral, hauling multiple U.S. Air Force satellites to a perch high above the equator after piercing a clear evening sky over Florida\u2019s Space Coast with 2.6 million pounds of thrust. The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) rocket, boosted by an RD-180 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[864,2976,1056,724,2977,1708,2978,2979],"class_list":["post-13848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerojet-rocketdyne","tag-afspc-11","tag-air-force-research-laboratory","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-079","tag-complex-41","tag-continuous-broadcast-augmenting-satcom","tag-eagle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}