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Photos: Atlas 5 launches MUOS 5

June 25, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket successfully flies to orbit Friday to deliver the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System communications satellite.

Photos by Patrick Corkery / Lockheed Martin Space Systems

MUOS-5 prior to launch. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

MUOS-5 Launch, Atlas V. June 23, 2016

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  • ViaSat-3 F2 satellite arrives in Florida ahead of late October launch
    October 1, 2025
  • Report argues NASA is illegally using President’s Budget Request to circumvent Congress’ budgeting process
    October 1, 2025
  • Axiom Space taps Portuguese physiologist as first ‘Project Astronaut’
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    September 30, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
    September 28, 2025
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  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
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