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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-007) Payload: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Date: August 12, 2005 Window: 7:43-9:43 a.m. EDT (1143-1343 GMT) Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Mission Status Center MRO instruments Science objectives Technology objectives Atlas 5 rocket info Cape's Complex 41 Atlas archive

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Atlas 5 launches Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The first interplanetary Atlas 5 rocket launches August 12 at 7:43 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 to propel NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on its seven-month voyage to the Red Planet.

Photo: Patrick H. Corkery & Adam Mattivi/Lockheed Martin

Photo: International Launch Services

Photo: NASA-KSC

Photo: Patrick H. Corkery & Adam Mattivi/Lockheed Martin

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VIDEO: PLAYALINDA BEACH TRACKING CAMERA PLAY
VIDEO: TRACKING CAMERA POSITIONED SOUTH OF PAD PLAY
VIDEO: STATIC TEST ROAD VIEWING MOUND PLAY
VIDEO: LAUNCH COMPLEX'S EAST CAMERA PLAY
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VIDEO: ATLAS 5 ROCKET PRE-LAUNCH PREPS PLAY
VIDEO: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER PRE-LAUNCH PREPS PLAY
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