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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-004) Payload: Inmarsat 4 F-1 Date: March 11, 2005 Time: 4:42-4:57 p.m. EST (2142-2157 GMT) Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: Intelsat IA-6, Transponder 9, C-band, 93° West Mission Status Center Pre-launch preview story Launch hazard area Ground track map Orbit insertion graphic Atlas 5 rocket info Cape's Complex 41 Atlas archive

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Photo gallery: Atlas 5 rocket rolled to the launch pad

Riding atop a mobile launching platform, the Atlas 5 rocket is rolled from its assembly building to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 Thursday morning just hours before its planned liftoff time carrying the Inmarsat 4-F1 communications satellite payload. Although the launch attempt was later scrubbed, the rocket remained on the pad during the 24-hour postponement. Photo: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin

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