Atlas V, space launch system, United Launch Alliance, Centennial, Colorado, USA

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on May 22 at 9:09 a.m. EDT. Designated NROL-33, the mission is in support of national defense. This was ULA's fourth successful launch in just seven weeks.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the seventh Global Positioning System (GPS II-7) satellite for the U.S. Air Force launched from Space Launch Complex-41. This was the second successful ULA launch in just four days. GPS IIF-7 is the seventh in a series of next-generation GPS satellites and will join a worldwide timing and navigation system utilizing 24 satellites in six different planes, with a minimum of four satellites per plane positioned in orbit approximately 11,000 miles above the Earth’s surface.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the CLIO mission for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company launched from Space Launch Complex-41. CLIO marks ULA’s 11th successful mission this year and the 88th successful mission since formation in 2006. This was also ULA's 60th launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS IIF-8) satellite for the U.S. Air Force launched from Space Launch Complex-41.This marks the 50th launch of an Atlas V rocket. GPS IIF-8 is the eighth in a series of next-generation GPS satellites and will join a worldwide timing and navigation system utilizing 24 satellites in six different planes, with a minimum of four satellites per plane positioned in orbit approximately 11,000 miles above the Earth’s surface.

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Dec. 12 at 7:19 p.m. PST. Designated NROL-35, the mission is in support of national defense.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the third Mobile User Objective System satellite for the United States Navy launched from Space Launch Complex-41. The MUOS-3 spacecraft will ensure continued mission capability of the existing Ultra High Frequency Satellite Communications system that will provide improved and assured mobile communications to the warfighter.

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On Jan. 20, we headed to Cape Canaveral, Florida to watch the Atlas V rocket launch, a communications satellite for the US Navy. While there, we spoke with a retired NASA shuttle astronaut and representatives for the United Launch Alliance, ESA, and Sierra Nevada Corp. about the future of human exploration.

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An Atlas V 421 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex-41 carrying NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. The MMS mission studies the mystery of how magnetic fields around Earth connect and disconnect, explosively releasing energy via a process known as magnetic reconnection. MMS consists of four identical spacecraft that work together to provide the first three-dimensional view of this fundamental process, which occurs throughout the universe.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the AFSPC-5 satellite for the U.S. Air Force from Space Launch Complex-41. This is ULA’s fifth launch in 2015 and the 96th successful launch since the company was formed in December 2006.

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An Atlas V rocket carrying the MUOS-4 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41. The MUOS-4 spacecraft will bring advanced, new, global communications capabilities to mobile military forces, as well as ensure continued mission capability of the existing ultra high frequency satellite communications system.

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An Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and 13 CubeSats lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 Oct. 8 at 5:49 a.m. PDT. Designated NROL-55, the mission is in support of national defense. This is ULA’s 10th launch in 2015 and the 101st successful launch since the company was formed in December 2006.

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An Atlas V rocket launches GPS IIF-11, the penultimate GPS IIF satellite, for the United States Air Force.

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying an enhanced Orbital ATK CRS-4 Cygnus spacecraft on a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:44 p.m. EST.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the OA-4 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41. The mission, flown for Orbital ATK under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, marks the first time the Cygnus has flown on an Atlas V rocket. This was ULA’s 12th launch in 2015. At just over 8 tons, Cygnus is the heaviest payload to launch atop an Atlas V rocket.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the OA-6 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41. The mission, flown for Orbital ATK under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, marks the second time the Cygnus has flown on an Atlas V rocket. This was ULA’s 3rd launch in 2016. At just over 8 tons, Cygnus is the heaviest payload to launch atop an Atlas V rocket.

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An Atlas V rocket carrying NROL-61 lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.

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