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Launch Series: US Navy MUOS-2 satellite launched from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on July 19, 2013. At a gross weight of 14,900 pounds, the MUOS are among the heaviest unclassified spacecraft ever placed into geosynchronous orbit. The rocket was an Atlas V 551, tail number AV-040, the most powerful version of the Atlas V. The Vertical Integration Facility is at the right.

"The girls say I'm pretty easy; I can be had for most anything with wheels, keels, or terabytes." Dick Harper says. Dick is a contributing columnist for New England’s oldest afternoon daily. He writes trade and general interest articles on consumer issues, cars and boats, manufacturing equipment, and management for small businesses and arts organizations. Oh, yeah. And he takes pictures. A barefoot, outdoor and nature photographer, he has fine art and stock photography from New England, the Atlantic coastal states, Florida, and the American Southwest. "I'm serendipitous," he says. "I'll sit on a site waiting for the superlative sun but I'm just as happy to have a walk around body when I see a speedboat on my street." Click the...