Gallery: ULA completes third flight of 2019

The launch of AEHF-5 marked the third that ULA has carried out in 2019. Picture Credit score: Scott Schilke / SpaceFlight Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA launched an Atlas V rocket with the AEHF-5 on Thursday, Aug. eight 2019. The early morning flight marked an more and more uncommon look for the venerable launch car.

Portray an imposing arc throughout the skies at 6:13 p.m. EDT (10:13 UTC) from Cape Canaveral Air Power Station’s Area Launch Complicated 41, the 551 variant (5 AJ-60A stable rocket motors, a 5 meter fairing and single engine within the rocket’s Centaur higher stage) accomplished United Launch Alliance’s third flight of 2019.

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