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Added on the 29/10/2014 19:02:11 - Copyright : Reuters EN
An Atlas V rocket, carrying a GPS satellite on board, successfully launches from Cape Canaveral, a day after an unmanned rocket exploded moments after liftoff in Virginia. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched a Delta IV rocket carrying the eighth satellite in the US Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom system, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday evening. The WGS-8 Air Force communications satellite was successfully launched into orbit at 18:52 ET. WGS-8 satellites are constructed by Boeing, each spacecraft has a design lifespan of fourteen years.
US-based satellite company ViaSat is teaming up with Boeing to create and deliver three new satellites that will deliver high-speed internet to remote areas around the world. The partnership was announced yesterday, months before the company is scheduled to launch its previous generation satellite, ViaSat-2, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Cape Canaveral, Nov 13 (EFE / EPA) .-The United Launch Alliance Atlas V 531 rocket took off Friday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida , with a classified payload.The spacecraft is participating in a mission to put a satellite into orbit for the US National Reconnaissance Office.(Camera: CJ GUNTHER)SHOT LIST: THE TAKE-OFF OF THE ATLAS V ROCKET FROM THE CABO CAÑAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION IN FLORIDA (US).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).