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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Atlas Launch

An Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., March 1, 2022. GOES-T will provide NASA and NOAA with continuous imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth’s Western Hemisphere, lightning detection and mapping, solar imaging and space weather monitoring.

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