Spaceflight Now Home



The Mission




Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-013)
Payload: STP 1
Date: March 8, 2007
Window: 9:37-11:42 p.m. EST (0237-0442 GMT)
Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Broadcast: Galaxy 26 (formerly IA6), Transponder 11, C-band, 93° West

Mission Status Center

Launch events timeline

Restricted hazard area

STP 1 fact sheet

Launch ground track

Atlas 5 rocket info

Cape's Complex 41

Atlas archive


NewsAlert



Sign up for our NewsAlert service and have the latest news in astronomy and space e-mailed direct to your desktop.

Enter your e-mail address:
Privacy note: your e-mail address will not be used for any other purpose.


Photo gallery: Atlas 5 rocket launches on STP 1 mission
Posted: March 8, 2007

The ULA Atlas 5 rocket blasts off at 10:10 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 on the Space Test Program 1 mission for the U.S. military.

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now





Credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
 

Spaceflight Now Plus
Additional coverage for subscribers:
VIDEO: NEWS BRIEFING ON THE STP 1 MISSION PAYLOADS PLAY
VIDEO: WATCH THE PRE-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE PLAY
VIDEO: ATLAS 5 ROCKET ROLLED TO LAUNCH PAD PLAY
VIDEO: TIME-LAPSE MOVIE FROM WEDNESDAY'S ROLLOUT PLAY
VIDEO: FOOTAGE FROM PRE-FLIGHT PREPARATIONS PLAY
SUBSCRIBE NOW

Current Shuttle Mission Patch
The official embroidered patch for shuttle Endeavour's flight to finish building Japanese section of the space station.
 U.S. STORE
 WORLDWIDE STORE
Hubble Patch
The official embroidered patch for mission STS-125, the space shuttle's last planned service call to the Hubble Space Telescope, is available for purchase.
 U.S. STORE
 WORLDWIDE STORE
Ares Patch
The Ares Project will develop two new rockets to launch astronauts back to the Moon under NASA's Vision for Exploration. The Ares 1 will employ a single space shuttle solid rocket booster to loft the Orion crew capsule. The gigantic Ares 5 will haul the equipment and cargo needed for such lunar voyages. This is the Ares emblem.
 U.S. STORE



Project Orion
The Orion crew exploration vehicle is NASA's first new human spacecraft developed since the space shuttle a quarter-century earlier. The capsule is one of the key elements of returning astronauts to the Moon.
 U.S. STORE

Fallen Heroes Patch Collection
The official patches from Apollo 1, the shuttle Challenger and Columbia crews are available in the store.
 U.S. STORE
 WORLDWIDE STORE


MISSION STATUS CENTER
INDEX | PLUS | NEWS ARCHIVE | LAUNCH SCHEDULE
ASTRONOMY NOW | STORE

ADVERTISE

© 2009 Spaceflight Now Inc.