Atlas 5 rocket ready to take off from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the US Air Force's fourth state-of-the-art high-frequency communications satellite. Text updates will automatically appear below. follow us on Twitter.

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Live video coverage of ULA's launch of the Atlas 5 will begin at 23:55. HAE on October 16th (0355 GMT on October 17th).