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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-014) Payload: ICO G1 Date: April 14, 2008 Window: 4:12-5:12 p.m. EDT (2012-2112 GMT) Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: Intelsat Galaxy 26, Transponder 7, C-band, 93° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Ground track map Atlas 5 rocket info Cape's Complex 41 Atlas archive

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Atlas first stage hoisted atop mobile launch platform

This collection of photos shows the Atlas 5 rocket's first stage, equipped with the kerosene-fueled RD-180 main engine, being erected onto the mobile launch platform at the Vertical Integration Facility for the ICO G1 satellite mission.

Photo credit: Lockheed Martin

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