An Atlas V launch vehicle carried its largest payload to date into orbit tonight, the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite that weighs nearly 6 metric tons (5,959 kgs/13,138 pounds). This also marked the third ...
United Launch Alliance on Sunday successfully launched its Atlas V rocket carrying the secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, one day after bad weather in Cape Canaveral, Florida, delayed initial ...
Personnel at Cape Canaveral went to bed last night facing a 60-percent chance the launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying a military GPS satellite would not launch. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fortunately for ...