Photos: Atlas V Rumbles off with fifth MUOS Communications Satellite

June 24, 2016February 5, 2017 Patrick Blau 2599 Views Cape Canaveral, MUOS, MUOS 5, U.S. Navy

Riding on pillars of smoke and fire as it departed Florida’s Space Coast, the most powerful Atlas V streaked towards orbit on Friday to deliver the fifth and final satellite for the U.S. Navy’s Multi-User Objective System.

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