Photos: Atlas 5 launches SBIRS GEO Flight 3

Launching a highly sophisticated infrared surveillance satellite for the U.S. military, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket thunders away from Cape Canaveral.

Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now

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