The United Launch Alliance Atlas V has successfully launched the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEFH-2) communications satellite into orbit for the United States Air Force. Lift-off from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, occurred at 2:42pm EDT on Friday. The second attempt came after Thursday’s attempt was scrubbed due to an overtemp condition on the Centaur Interstage Adapter purge.
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