Photos: Atlas 5 soars into space with GPS satellite

It was a beautiful blue sky day for the 50th Atlas 5 rocket launch, which successfully blasted off Wednesday from Cape Canaveral to deploy the GPS 2F-8 navigation satellite. Photos by James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services.

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Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services
Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services
Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services
Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services
Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services
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Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Photo Services