Atlas 5 rocket blasts off with MUOS 1

BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: February 24, 2012


An Atlas rocket launches with its heaviest payload ever, the first satellite in the U.S. Navy's newest generation of mobile communications spacecraft, on the 200th flight of the Centaur upper stage.

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