Atlas Rocket Leaves Spectacular Trail

[Guido Jeurink]

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"Atlas V rocket carrying a U.S. Navy satellite into orbit Wednesday morning from the Space Coast. With five boosters, the Atlas V rocket is ULA's most powerful rocket.

The launch created a cloud plume about a minute after liftoff, but ULA said nothing went wrong with the launch. The rocket is now in space.

ULA officials said the smoke trail caught the sunlight at just the right angle to create to cloud in the pre-dawn sky"