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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A rocket launches leaving behind a streak of smoke with an orangish sky in the background.

Sunlit Launch

A rocket supporting the USSF-51, a classified National Security Space Launch mission, launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., July. 30, 2024.

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