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Photos: Atlas 5 fulfills MUOS launch series with fifth successful launch

June 24, 2016 Justin Ray

Launching the U.S. Navy’s fifth MUOS mobile communications satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thundered away from Cape Canaveral today.

Photos by Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now

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