Rocket launched from Cape Canaveral

A communications satellite has been launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carried aloft aboard an Atlas 5 rocket.

Rocket launched from Cape Canaveral
Wed, 17 Sep, 2014 - 09:19

A communications satellite has been launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carried aloft aboard an Atlas 5 rocket.

The Atlas V lifted off at 8.10pm local time through a dark and cloudy sky after several weather-related delays. Liftoff came near the end of a nearly 150 minute window.

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