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Atlas on the launch pad with SBIRS GEO 1

An Atlas 5 rocket stands perched atop Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 on the eve of its scheduled launch to deploy the Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous- 1 missile warning satellite.

Photo credit: Justin Ray/Spaceflight Now




















Credit: Spaceflight Now photo by Justin Ray
 

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