{"id":16090,"date":"2015-09-02T23:13:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-atlas-5-puts-on-predawn-sky-show\/"},"modified":"2015-09-02T23:13:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:13:51","slug":"photos-atlas-5-puts-on-predawn-sky-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-atlas-5-puts-on-predawn-sky-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Atlas 5 puts on predawn sky show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Streaking away from Cape Canaveral less than an hour before sunrise Wednesday, an Atlas 5 launcher painted a memorable spectacle in the skies over Florida, catching the first rays of the morning as it rocketed out of the stratosphere with a U.S. Navy communications satellite.<\/p>\n

The 20-story rocket blasted off at 6:18 a.m. EDT (1018 GMT) with the fourth in a series of Navy-owned spacecraft to facilitate better communications links betweens U.S. forces on the move.<\/p>\n

Fitted with five strap-on solid rocket boosters and a kerosene-fueled RD-180 main engine, the Atlas 5 quickly sped away from Cape Canaveral, displaying a turbulent plume of bright white exhaust as it climbed into the rarefied upper atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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