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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA launched an Atlas V 551 rocket with the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite on Thursday, Aug. 8 2019. The two stage rocket took the skies at 6:13 p.m. EDT (10:13 UTC) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41. The 551 variant (five AJ-60A solid rocket motors, a five meter fairing and single engine in the rocket's Centaur upper stage). Photos courtesy of Mike Howard, Scott Schilke