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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-025) Payload: NROL-41 Date: Sept. 20, 2010 Time: 9:03 p.m. PDT Site: SLC-3E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Feed: AMC 1, C-band, Transponder 23, 103° West Mission Status Center Photos: Pre-flight Photos: Quiet Sunday Photos: Gantry rollback Photos: The launch Our Atlas archive

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Atlas 5 rocket awaits countdown

The Atlas 5 rocket stands enclosed within its protective mobile service gantry on Sunday afternoon, just one day before the scheduled launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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