This will be the first operational launch for Amazon’s giant Project Kuiper mega-constellation, and it is expected to launch in the next two months aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket. ChannelNews ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rolls out to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Aug. 25, 2023. This National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force ...

SM-65A Atlas ICBM in 1958 Naturally, the Atlas V that’s flying today looks nothing like the squat stainless steel rocket that carried John Glenn to orbit in 1962. Aerospace technology has ...

riding aboard an Atlas V rocket. For Thursday’s launch, Atlas flew in its 551 configuration, the most powerful version of this workhorse rocket, with this specific vehicle having tail number AV-086.