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Watch: Atlas 5 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

Name: Watch: Atlas 5 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Uploaded: 2014-08-14T10:08:26-0400
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Description: Though skies were cloudy, conditions were good as the rocket carrying DigitalGlobe's WorldView 3 remote sensing satellite made its way into space. The satellite is the most powerful Earth-imaging spacecraft ever built for the commercial market.

Though skies were cloudy, conditions were good as the rocket carrying DigitalGlobe's WorldView 3 remote sensing satellite made its way into space. The satellite is the most powerful Earth-imaging spacecraft ever built for the commercial market.