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Atlas V Launch of Navy’s Revolutionary MUOS-4 Tactical Comsat Produces Exotic Skyshow
ULA Atlas V rovket successfully launches MUOS-4 for the U.S. Navy on Sept. 2, 2015 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: ULA
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – Today’s (Sept. 2) stunningly successful launch of the US Navy’s revolutionary MUOS-4 tactical communications satellite atop a mighty Atlas V rocket produced an unexpectedly exotic skyshow beyond compare for lucky spectators all around the Florida Space Coast, as it thundered off a Cape Canaveral launch pad and produced house and bone rattling vibrations.
Seasoned and long time launch enthusiasts have rarely if ever never seen anything like this morning’s spectacular predawn launch of the Mobile User Objective System-4 (MUOS-4) satellite for the US Navy at 6:18 a.m. EDT aboard (…)
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Post tags: altas v, Atlas V 551, Atlas V rocket, Lockheed Martin, Military, MUOS, MUOS-3, MUOS-4, tactical satcom, ULA, United Launch Alliance, US Navy
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/122124/atlas-v-launch-of-navys-revolutionary-muos-4-tactical-comsat-produces-exotic-skyshow/
