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Photos: More Atlas 5 launch shots

September 3, 2015 Justin Ray

Another batch of Atlas 5 rocket launch photos from Wednesday’s flight for the U.S. Navy carrying the Mobile User Objective System spacecraft.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin Space Systems

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MUOS-3 Launch Cape Canaveral AFS. September 2, 2015

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MUOS-3 Launch Cape Canaveral AFS. September 2, 2015

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  • International Space Station prepares for new commander, heads into final five years of planned operations
    December 5, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandengerg SFB
    December 4, 2025
  • Orion hatch ‘blemish’ delays launch day rehearsal for Artemis 2 astronauts
    December 4, 2025
  • Jared Isaacman makes second appeal for NASA administrator position
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  • Sunset SpaceX launch adds 29 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit
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  • Arianespace launches South Korean Earth observation satellite on Vega-C flight
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  • SpaceX launches evening Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    December 1, 2025
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