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Photos: Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19 broadband satellite

December 19, 2016 Justin Ray

Launching a high-capacity satellite to beam the Internet into homes across rural America, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral on Sunday afternoon.

Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now

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