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United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force Space
Command AFSPC-11 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on April 14,
2018 at 7:13 p.m. EDT on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Credit:
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Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com
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Ken Kremer
-- SpaceUpClose.com -- 16 April 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – A duo of military
research satellites were successfully propelled to high Earth orbit by the most
powerful configuration of the venerable Atlas V rocket during a stunning sunset
liftoff on Saturday, April 14, from Cape Canaveral, Florida
The United Launch Alliance
(ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 mission
lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on April 14 right at the opening of the
launch window at 7:13 p.m. EDT.
Check out our gallery of launch images.
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force Space
Command AFSPC-11 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on April 14,
2018 at 7:13 p.m. EDT on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Credit:
Ken
Kremer/SpaceUpClose.com/kenkremer.com
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The Atlas V successfully delivered the payload codenamed
AFSPC-11 to geostationary orbit as planned some six hours after a flawless
liftoff from the sunshine state.
The AFSPC-11 payload is comprised of a stacked pair of
satellites named CBAS and EAGLE
The forward payload is
referred to as CBAS (Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM) and the aft
spacecraft is EAGLE (EELV Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Augmented
Geosynchronous Experiment), said Air Force officials.
This is the 77th launch of
the Atlas V rocket, ULA’s 4th launch in 2018 and the 127th successful launch
since the company was formed in December 2006.
Watch for Ken’s continuing onsite coverage of NASA, National
Security, SpaceX, ULA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK and more space and mission
reports direct from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, Florida.
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