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Blast Off For New NASA Satellite

Description:An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off on Wednesday (January 30) to put the first of a new generation of NASA communications satellites into orbit, where it will support the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and other spacecraft. The 191-foot (58-metre) rocket lifted off at 8:48 p.m. (0148 GMT Thursday), the first of 13 planned launches in 2013 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station just south of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (0:46)

Source: Reuters

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