Space Force missile-warning satellite launches atop Atlas V rocket

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Published 2021-05-18
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the Designated Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 5 (SBIRS Geo-5) satellite from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 18, 2021. Full Story: www.space.com/atlas-v-rocket-launches-sbirs-geo-5-…

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All Comments (21)
  • I can't help it. Just hearing the words "United States Space Force" being uttered gave me such a thrill. I'm 76. I have lived to see and hear this. Oh thank You.
  • @chadlummark2489
    After so much of space x lunch I always think that every booster will land back again
  • @howie4150
    The Earth’s rotation really makes my day!
  • @JLange642
    Love that shot looking back to the pad...39 miles high and 68 miles down range and you can see the plume back at the pad! SO DAMN COOL!
  • @ToastWarner
    Less than 3 minutes and we can make it to space. Wow
  • @LilKing420s
    Somehow it just ain't the same when the payload is rooted in the making of war. Defense or not.
  • Nominal, nominal, nominal. Nice shots. Looked more like stage sep camera angle from Apollo, nice!
  • @Myname-il9vd
    From the thumbnail I thought it was a custom painted atlas just for the space force
  • @soniabrannan412
    Wait! Who’s outside the rocket at 9,000 mph holding the camera? Lol
  • @hershewe
    What is the object appearing at the the 1 o clock of the engine exhaust @5:32 of the vid? Is that a light anomaly? It looks as if it is accelerating towards the rocket.
  • @letterbomb211
    I was waiting for the reentry, used to watch Spacex Falcon 9