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Atlas blasts off
 Lockheed Martin's last Atlas 2AS rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office spacecraft on August 31. (3min 59sec file)
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Salute to pad 36A
 The Atlas launch team in the Complex 36 Blockhouse celebrate the history of pad 36A in a post-launch toast. The Atlas 2AS rocket flight was the last to launch from the pad, which entered service in 1962. (2min 09sec file)
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Mission success
 The classified NRO payload is deployed from the Centaur upper stage to successfully complete the launch. (1min 56sec file)
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Photo gallery: Launch of first 521-model Atlas 5 rocket
Posted: November 23, 2004
The Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 carrying the Rainbow 1 direct-to-home TV broadcasting satellite at 7:45 p.m. EDT on July 17, 2003. It marked the first launch of the Atlas 5's strap-on solid rocket boosters and the 500 series configuration with the larger nose cone. Photo: Lockheed Martin
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VIDEO: 5 1/2-MINUTE CLIP OF ATLAS 5 LAUNCHING RAINBOW 1 QT
VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY FROM CAMERA ON VIF ASSEMBLY BUILDING QT
VIDEO: CLOSE-UP VIEW OF SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER AT IGNITION QT
VIDEO: REPLAY FROM ATLAS SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS CENTER QT
VIDEO: ATLAS 5 IS ROLLED OUT OF ASSEMBLY BUILDING QT
VIDEO: THE ROCKET ARRIVES ON COMPLEX 41 LAUNCH PAD QT
VIDEO: WATCH ENTIRE 41-MINUTE PRE-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE QT
VIDEO: VIEWS OF THE AEROJET-MADE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS QT
VIDEO: FOOTAGE OF THE CONTRAVES-BUILT PAYLOAD FAIRING QT
VIDEO: TECHNICIAN CLIMBS INTO THE FAIRING FOR WORK QT
VIDEO: ATLAS 5 AND SPACE SHUTTLE PADS FROM ATOP THE VIF QT
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