Air Force launches AEHF-2

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft at 2:42 p.m. EDT, May 4 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellite was carried aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle. Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance.

Air Force launches AEHF-2

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency spacecraft at 2:42 p.m. EDT, May 4 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellite was carried aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle. Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance.

AEHF-2 moves to the launch pad

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (May 2, 2012) - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V is rolled to the pad readying for launch at Space Launch Complex-41 with Space and Missile Systems Center's Advanced Extremely High Frequency-2 (AEHF-2) satellite. Launch is scheduled for May 3 with a two-hour window which opens at 2:46 p.m. EDT. Photo courtesy of ULA.

Latest Air Force satellite prepares for final processing.

The U.S. Air Force's fourth Wideband Global satellite communication spacecraft arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Nov. 15. Photo by Capt. Joseph Maguadog, Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center.

Enhancing Military Communications

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (Dec. 5, 2009) -- A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket with the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-3 (WGS-3) satellite lifts off from its Space Launch Complex-37 launch pad at 8:47 p.m. EST today. WGS satellites are important elements of a new high-capacity satellite communications system providing enhanced communications capabilities to America’s troops in the field for the next decade and beyond. (United Launch Alliance photo by Pat Corkery)

Courtesy Photo by Carlton Bailie, United Launch Alliance

A Delta II rocket lifts off from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. carrying the latest GPS IIR(M) satellite into space. The launch occurred at 3:04 p.m. EST.