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  BY JUSTIN RAY Follow the countdown and launch of a U.S. Air Force Titan 4B rocket with the Milstar 2-F2 communications satellite. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission. We also have a text only version of this page. Read our earlier status center coverage.
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Flight data file Vehicle: Titan 4B/Centaur Payload: Milstar 2-F2 Launch date: Feb. 27, 2001 Launch window: 1857-2257 GMT (1:57-5:57 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida  Video vault 
The Air Force Titan 4B rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral with the fourth Milstar secure military communications satellite.PLAY (314k, 36sec QuickTime file) 
As the twin engines of the Titan 4B rocket's first stage are ignited, the two solid rocket boosters burn out and separate.PLAY (297k, 43sec QuickTime file) 
The Lockheed Martin Titan 4/Centaur rocket delivers the Milstar satellite into Earth orbit as shown in launch animation.PLAY (256k, 42sec QuickTime file) 
Animation shows the Milstar spacecraft at work in orbit relaying secure military communications 22,300 miles above the planet.PLAY (255k, 29sec QuickTime file) Snapshot  Titan 4 rocket on the pad this morning. Photo: Justin Ray
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