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The U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission got spaceborne in the early morning hours of Dec. 7 after a 5:19 a.m. launch aboard a United
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off early Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying payloads for both NASA and the U.S. Space Force.
Included among the STP-3 mission's payloads is NASA’s Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) aimed at enabling higher speed communications across the vast region of space between the Earth and Mars.