An Atlas V rocket launches into space, less than 24 hours after an unmanned Antares rocket exploded moments after liftoff in Virginia.

The rocket, which blasted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carried an Air Force Block 2F Navigation Satellite into space.

United Launch Alliance reported no technical issues and the rocket lifted off at the start of its 1:21 p.m. launch window.

Tuesday night, a unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo module bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff from NASA's launch complex in Wallops Island, Virginia.

The Antares rocket blew up just moments after lifting off. Flames could be seen shooting into the sky as the sun set.

The company said everyone at the site had been accounted for and the damage appeared to be limited to the facilities. 

Sen. Bill Nelson, a former astronaut, said the damage done to the Virginia launch pad will mean more reliance on SpaceX on the Space Coast.

“I think you will see the SpaceX flights to give the cargo resupply to the International Space Station will be the mainstay to support the crew, along with the Russian progress vehicle.”

The cargo ship was carrying 5,000 pounds of experiments and equipment for NASA, as well as prepackaged meals and freeze-dried Maryland crabcakes for a Baltimore-born astronaut who's been in orbit for five months. All of the lost materials will be replaced and flown to the 260-mile-high space station, NASA space station program manager Mike Suffredini said. He said astronauts at the station currently have enough supplies to last until spring.

NASA is paying billions of dollars to Orbital Sciences and the SpaceX company to make station deliveries, and it's counting on SpaceX and Boeing to start flying U.S. astronauts to the orbiting lab as early as 2017.

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