Description & Facts: The 45th Space Wing launched successfully a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 at 5:35 pm (EDT) September 9, 2009, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Atlas V rocket carried a US government communications satellite into space. "This launch helps to ensure that vital communications will continue to bolster our nation's capabilities and showcases why the 45th Space Wing is the world's premiere gateway to space," said Brig. Gen. Edward L. Bolton, Jr., 45th Space Wing commander.