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English: An ultra high frequency (UHF) communications satellite is successfully launched into orbit for the U.S. Navy atop a Lockheed Martin Atlas II A launch vehicle (AC-132) from complex 36A at Cape Canaveral. Launch took place at 4:32 P.M. EST.
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Launch of an Atlas II rocket
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Atlas II
inception
16 March 1998
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