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		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

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Photo gallery: Atlas 5 rocket launches on STP 1 mission

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: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

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