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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-008) Payload: ASTRA 1KR Date: April 20, 2006 Window: 4:27-7:16 p.m. EDT (2027-2316 GMT) Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: AMC 4, Transponder 17, C-band, 101° West Mission Status Center Launch events timeline Restricted hazard area Ground track Orbit trajectory Atlas 5 rocket info Cape's Complex 41 Atlas archive

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Liftoff of ASTRA 1KR
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Posted: April 20, 2006

The Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched the European ASTRA 1KR television broadcast satellite right on time at 4:27 p.m. EDT April 20 from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Photos by Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin Corporation

Credit: Pat Corkery/Lockheed Martin Corporation

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