Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Feb. 24, 2012) - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 5:15 p.m. EST with the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System-1 (MUOS-1) satellite. This is ULA's 2nd launch of an aggressive 11 mission schedule for the year and is the 200th flight of the Centaur upper stage. At nearly 15,000 pounds, MUOS-1 marks the heaviest satellite launched to date by an Atlas launch vehicle. MUOS-1, built by Lockheed Martin, is a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system designed to significantly improve ground communications for U.S. forces on the move. Photo by Pat Corkery, courtesy United Launch Alliance. (Click image for high resolution download)
