Cape's Complex 36 receives its final Atlas booster

[drwayne]

Lockheed Martin erected its last Atlas rocket at Complex 36 today as the historic Cape Canaveral launch site nears retirement after four decades of use. <br /><br />The first stage of the Atlas 3 booster was hoisted atop pad 36B for its planned January 27 liftoff. The interstage adapter will be installed tomorrow and the Centaur upper stage is scheduled for attachment on Friday. <br /><br />The rocket will carry a classified cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office -- the government agency responsible for the country's fleet of spy satellites. <br /><br />Rest of the story:<br />http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac206/status.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>