A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit amid excellent weather conditions Saturday, April 4, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Atlas V — which was outfitted with five solid rocket boosters for extra lifting power — rumbled off the pad at 1:46 a.m. from Launch Complex 41.
Next up on the Eastern Range, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft carrying about 11,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station at 8:49 a.m. Wednesday, April 8.
This SpaceX CRS-24 mission will lift off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — and trigger sonic booms across Central Florida.
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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY, where he has covered news since 2004. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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