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Dennis Huff | profile | all galleries >> Rocket Launches >> SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5) March 3, 2013 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5) March 3, 2013

An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:21 p.m. EDT with the second Space-Based Infrared System spacecraft.

The SBIRS spacecraft is outfitted with sophisticated infrared sensors that can instantly detect enemy missile launches and then transmit targeting data so the missiles can be destroyed before they reach their intended destinations.

Photos taken from Port Canaveral - a distance of 11.5 miles.
SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)
SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)		 SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)
SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)		 SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)
SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)		 SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)
SBIRS GEO-2 (Atlas 5)

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