Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Video Credit: United Launch Alliance
Launch Updates: spaceflight101.com/atlas-v-muos-5
Riding on pillars of smoke and fire as it departed Florida’s Space Coast, the most powerful Atlas V streaked towards orbit on Friday to deliver the fifth and final satellite for the U.S. Navy’s Multi-User Objective System.
Atlas V came to life at 14:30 UTC when its powerful RD-180 engine and five Solid Rocket Boosters ignited to catapult Atlas V off its launch pad, clearing the towers less than three seconds after lifting off. From zero to the speed of sound in just 38 seconds, Atlas V departed Cape Canaveral to the south east to aim for a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit peaking above the equator.
Video Credit: United Launch Alliance
Launch Updates: spaceflight101.com/atlas-v-muos-5
Riding on pillars of smoke and fire as it departed Florida’s Space Coast, the most powerful Atlas V streaked towards orbit on Friday to deliver the fifth and final satellite for the U.S. Navy’s Multi-User Objective System.
Atlas V came to life at 14:30 UTC when its powerful RD-180 engine and five Solid Rocket Boosters ignited to catapult Atlas V off its launch pad, clearing the towers less than three seconds after lifting off. From zero to the speed of sound in just 38 seconds, Atlas V departed Cape Canaveral to the south east to aim for a highly elliptical Geostationary Transfer Orbit peaking above the equator.
