Atlas 5 rocket ready for DMSP launch

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is unveiled as the mobile service gantry is retracted away during the countdown at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Photo credit: William G. Hartenstein/United Launch Alliance
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