Aerospace Energy contributes to Atlas V launch
The 20-story tall Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, June 24. Defense Logistics Agency Aerospace Energy personnel provided rocket propellant-1 or highly purified kerosene and liquid oxygen for the engine powering the Atlas booster, as well as high purity hydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide to maneuver and control the payloads once in orbit.