Video: TDRS-M takes flight atop Atlas 5

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 191 feet tall and and weighing 745,000 pounds, generates 860,000 pounds of thrust from its main engine to launch NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M.

Video courtesy: NASA TV

See earlier TDRS-M launch coverage.

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