Rocket lifts off with US military communications satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, June 1:
An unmanned Delta 4 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday to put a multi-use, broadband communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. Military. The 217-foot (66-meter) tall rocket lifted off at 8:27 p.M. EDT (0027 Saturday GMT), soaring southeast over the Atlantic Ocean as it headed into orbit. (agencies)

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