Dec. 7, 2021 marked the 53rd U.S. national security mission to be launched by the #AtlasV, representing nearly 60 percent of the rocket's 90 flights to date. One of the payloads on the mission is an experiment from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, a small satellite named Ascent, which is a 12-unit Cubesat conceived and developed within the directorate’s Small Satellite Portfolio at Kirtland AFB, and in partnership with the Space Security and Defense Program. (Courtesy photo/U.S. Space Force)
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