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SBIRS GEO Flight 5 Mission Launched by ULA

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Tom Patton
May 19, 2021
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO (Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit) Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) lifted off on May 18 at 1:37 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date ULA has launched 144 times with …

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