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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-016) Payload: WGS 2 Date: April 3, 2009 Window: 8:31-9:33 p.m. EDT (0031-0133 GMT 4th) Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: Intelsat Galaxy 28, Transponder 15, C-band, 89° West Mission Status Center Payload preview story Photos: Launch gallery Photos: Second rollout Photos: Rollout to pad Photos: Pre-launch work Launch events timeline Ground track map The pre-launch flow Atlas archive

Atlas rolled to launch pad

In preparation for its second launch attempt, the Atlas 5 rocket was transported from the Vertical Integration Facility to the pad at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 on April 2. The rollout came a day before the rocket's scheduled liftoff on a mission to deliver into orbit the U.S. Air Force's Wideband Global SATCOM 2 satellite.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/ULA

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