Atlas 5 launch Friday morning

[Swampcat]

<font color="orange"><b>Atlas 5 rocket ready to haul TV satellite into Earth orbit</b><br /><br />After a hiatus in flights of the new Atlas 5 rocket while Lockheed Martin flew its inventory of older-style boosters, focus returns to the next generation Friday with an early morning launch from Cape Canaveral.<br /><br />The 196-foot tall Atlas 5 is scheduled for liftoff at 4:41 a.m. EST (0941 GMT). A two-hour, 40-minute window is available through 7:21 a.m. EST (1221 GMT), making a sunrise launch a slight possibility.</font><br /><br />Spaceflight Now article...<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

<font color="orange"><b>Atlas 5 rocket launches</b><br /><br />A Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket has launched from Cape Canaveral carrying a television broadcast satellite. The rocket lifted off with the sunrise at 7:07 am EST (1207 GMT).</font><br /><br /><br />Check out Spaceflight Now's Mission Status Center for updates.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>