A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully took off Friday night from Cape Canaveral.
The rocket carried a payload of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 mission for the military. The SBIRS program is designed to act as a missile-warning system and provide technical intelligence.
It was the 75th flight for ULA’s Atlas V rocket and the first from Cape Canaveral for the company this year.
The launch, originally scheduled for Thursday, was delayed 24 hours because of a problem with the booster’s liquid oxygen system, ULA said.
ULA launched a Delta IV last week from California.
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