Atlas V Landsat LDCM Satellite Launch Video

Video Credit: NASA

This is the edited NASA video from today’s United Launch Alliance Atlas rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  The Atlas V 401 rocket carried the latest Landsat satellite, dubbed LDCM (for Landsat Data Continuity Mission) into a polar orbit after a successful launch at 10:02 a.m. PST.

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