Congratulations, United Space Alliance, for a picture perfect Atlas V launch of the first mission under the new Space Force. The mission involves a next-generation military communications satellite that will be placed in a geostationary orbit, 22,200 miles above Earth.

Here is the Space.com replay of the launch and more mission details… (please know this link will take you to an external website.)

https://www.space.com/first-space-force-launch-military-satellite-aehf-6-webcast.html

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