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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-020) Payload: LRO/LCROSS Date: June 18, 2009 Times: 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m. EDT Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Mission Status Center Archived video coverage High Definition video Our launch preview LRO preview story LCROSS preview story LRO quick facts LCROSS quick facts Launch events timeline Ground track map Atlas archive

Atlas 5 rocket launches on lunar mission

As seen from the Kennedy Space Center press site, weather initially delayed the Atlas 5 rocket launch by 20 minutes. But the conditions improved and liftoff occurred at 5:32 p.m. EDT carrying NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the LCROSS mission.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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