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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-022) Payload: SBIRS GEO-1 Date: May 7, 2011 Window: 2:10-2:50 p.m. EDT (1810-1850 GMT) Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Feed: AMC 3, C-band, Transponder 16, 87° West Mission Status Center Photos: Launch gallery Photos: Beach view Photos: Press site view Photos: On the pad Photos: Rocket rollout Photos: Satellite preps Rocket configuration Ascent events timeline Ground track map Our Atlas archive

Atlas 5 roars away from the Sunshine State

Hauling the U.S. Air Force's SBIRS GEO 1 early warning satellite, an Atlas 5 rocket blasted off at 2:10 p.m. EDT (1810 GMT) Saturday from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral. These views showing the 19-story launcher's graceful ascent away from the Space Coast were captured from Playalinda Beach about 4.8 miles north of the pad.

Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now

Credit: Spaceflight Now photos by Stephen Clark

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