Rocket: Atlas 5
Payload: AEHF 1
Date: August 14, 2010
Window: 7:07-9:06 a.m. EDT
Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Feed: Galaxy 3, C-band, Transponder 8, 95° West

Photos: AEHF 1

Photos: Rollout

Photos: On the pad

Photos: The launch

Photos: Press view

Rocket diagram

Launch timeline

Ground track map

Lockheed brochure

AEHF fact sheet

Profile story

Prelaunch update

Our Atlas archive



Mission Status Center

By Justin Ray

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