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RBSP prepares for liftoff.

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All Systems Go for RBSP Launch

Spotlights bounce off the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes lift off the pad at 4:05 a.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky and Gary Thompson
Aug. 30, 2012