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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

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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.


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

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

Photo: Patrick H. Corkery & Adam Mattivi/Lockheed Martin
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VIDEO: TRACKING CAMERA POSITIONED SOUTH OF PAD PLAY
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VIDEO: LAUNCH COMPLEX'S EAST CAMERA PLAY
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VIDEO: ROCKET IS ROLLED TO PAD WEDNESDAY NIGHT PLAY
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VIDEO: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER PRE-LAUNCH PREPS PLAY
VIDEO: NARRATED ATLAS 5 LAUNCH ANIMATION PLAY
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