Atlas V Gets Commercial Launch

Credit: ULA
Mexico will launch its Morelos-3 communications satellite on an Atlas V “as early as 2015,” the first commercial mission for the big, Russian-powered U.S. rocket since November 2009. Also known as Mexsat-2, Morelos-3 will be a Boeing 702HP spacecraft placed at 116.8 deg. W. Long. It is to be the...

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