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Photos: More Atlas 5 launch shots

September 3, 2015 Justin Ray

Another batch of Atlas 5 rocket launch photos from Wednesday’s flight for the U.S. Navy carrying the Mobile User Objective System spacecraft.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin Space Systems

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MUOS-3 Launch Cape Canaveral AFS. September 2, 2015

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MUOS-3 Launch Cape Canaveral AFS. September 2, 2015

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