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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-019) Payload: AEHF 1 Date: August 14, 2010 Window: 7:07-9:06 a.m. EDT (1107-1306 GMT) Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Feed: Galaxy 3, C-band, Transponder 8, 95° West Mission Status Center Photos: Launch gallery Photos: Press site view Photos: On the pad Photos: Rocket rollout Photos: Satellite preps Rocket configuration Ascent events timeline Ground track map Lockheed brochure AEHF fact sheet Profile story Prelaunch update Our Atlas archive

Atlas 5 rocket launches at dawn

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 at 7:07 a.m. EDT carrying the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to provide secure communications to the U.S. military.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

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