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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

June 23, 2016 Justin Ray


(Launch webcast begins at 10:10 a.m. EDT)

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Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight carrying the MUOS 5 mobile communications satellite for the U.S. Navy. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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