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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-011) Payload: First Wideband Global SATCOM Date: Oct. 10, 2007 Window: 8:22-9:33 p.m. EDT (0022-0133 GMT) Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Broadcast: G26, Transp. 14, C-band, 93° West Mission Status Center Restricted hazard area Launch events timeline Ground track map WGS satellite info Atlas 5 rocket info Cape's Complex 41 Atlas archive

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Atlas rocket streaks to orbit
Posted: October 10, 2007

The Atlas 5 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 at 8:22 p.m. EDT this evening, delivering into orbit the Air Force's highest capacity communications satellite -- the first Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft.

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