ULA Atlas 5 Rocket Launches SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-2 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 5:21 p.m. EDT on March 19, 2013.
ULA Atlas 5 Rocket Launches SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-2 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 5:21 p.m. EDT on March 19, 2013.
SBIRS Geo-2 Satellite in Space
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches the SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 19, 2013 in this still from a ULA webcast.
SBIRS GEO-2 Satellite Launch: Atlas 5 Fairing Separation
The protective shell-like nose cone fairing separates and falls away from the Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. military's SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite into orbit in this rear-facing view from a camera on the rocket during its March 19, 2013 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
SBIRS Geo-2 Satellite Launch Stage Separation
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches the SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 19, 2013 in this still from a ULA webcast.
Atlas 5 Rocket Ascends with SBIRS GEO-2
An Atlas 5 rocket streaks toward space carrying the SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite on March 19, 2013, after a successful launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Atlas 5 Launches SBIRS GEO-2: Shockwave
A shockwave of water vapor forms at the nose of an Atlas 5 rocket as it soars into space on March 19, 2013 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on a mission to orbit the SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite for the U.S. Air Force.
SBIRS Geo-2 Satellite Launch
An Atlas 5 rocket launched the SBIRS GEO-2 mission from Cape Canaveral AFS on March 19, 2013.
Atlas 5 Rocket Ascends with SBIRS GEO-2
An Atlas 5 rocket streaks toward space carrying the SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite on March 19, 2013, after a successful launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
SBIRS Geo-2 Satellite Launch Viewed from Atlas 5 Rocket
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches the SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 19, 2013 in this still from a ULA webcast.
SBIRS Geo-2 Satellite Launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches the SBIRS GEO-2 missile defense satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 19, 2013 in this still from a ULA webcast.
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