{"id":15088,"date":"2016-11-11T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-atlas-5-soars-for-commercial-satellite-delivery\/"},"modified":"2016-11-11T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:04:09","slug":"photos-atlas-5-soars-for-commercial-satellite-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-atlas-5-soars-for-commercial-satellite-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Atlas 5 soars for commercial satellite delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Launching the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from California\u2019s Vandenberg Air Force Base today at 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. EST; 1830 GMT).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit: Gene Blevins \/ LA Daily News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH34.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"408\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH34.jpg 408w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH34-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH37.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"659\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH37.jpg 659w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH37-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH38.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"637\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH38.jpg 637w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH38-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH40.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"332\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH40.jpg 332w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH40-138x300.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH41.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"549\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH41.jpg 549w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH41-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH44.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"589\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH44.jpg 589w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH44-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH45.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH45.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH45-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH46.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"479\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH46.jpg 479w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH46-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH47.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH47.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH47-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH48.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"588\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH48.jpg 588w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH48-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH50.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"491\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH50.jpg 491w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH50-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH51.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"486\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH51.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH51-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH52.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"706\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH52.jpg 706w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH52-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH53.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"421\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH53.jpg 421w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH53-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH54.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"716\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH54.jpg 716w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH54-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH54-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH56.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"430\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH56.jpg 430w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH56-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH58.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"667\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH58.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH58-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH59.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH59.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH59-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH60.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"554\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH60.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH60-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH61.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"348\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH61.jpg 348w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH61-145x300.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH62.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"504\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH62.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH62-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH64.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"720\" height=\"505\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH64.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH64-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH66.jpg\" alt=\"Atlas 5 Launch WV4\" width=\"632\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH66.jpg 632w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ATLAS5-LAUNCH66-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\"><\/p>\n<p>See earlier WorldView 4 coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launching the commercial WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from California\u2019s Vandenberg Air Force Base today at 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. EST; 1830 GMT). Credit: Gene Blevins \/ LA Daily News See earlier WorldView 4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.<\/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":[724,3427,1806,25,472,750,3081,2785],"class_list":["post-15088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-062","tag-digitalglobe","tag-launch","tag-lockheed-martin","tag-united-launch-alliance","tag-vandenberg-air-force-base","tag-worldview-4"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088"}],"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=15088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}