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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

July 26, 2016 Justin Ray


(Launch webcast begins at 8:17 a.m. EDT)

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Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight with the NROL-61 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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