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Orbital, ULA Celebrate Successful Launches

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 19th, 2013

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Both Orbital Sciences [ORB] and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched payloads into space yesterday. Launch of Atlas V Photo: ULA One of ULA's Atlas V rockets carrying the Air Force's third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., yesterday at 4:10 a.m. EDT, according to a company statement. The AEHF constellation is a joint-service satellite communications system that will provide survivable, global, secure, protected and jam-resistant communications for high-priority military…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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