Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. Air Force satellite

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off at 2:42 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 carrying the U.S. Air Forces's second Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to continue forging a new constellation of ultra-secure communications spacecraft.

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Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance