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Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, sending weather satellite into space

Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An Atlas V rocket launched Tuesday afternoon from Cape Canaveral, sending a weather satellite into space.

The satellite will provide advanced imagery and atmospheric measurements of Earth's weather, oceans and environment.

Experts said it will map lightning activity and improve monitoring of solar activity and space weather.