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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-022) Payload: SBIRS GEO-1 Date: May 7, 2011 Window: 2:10-2:50 p.m. EDT (1810-1850 GMT) Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Feed: AMC 3, C-band, Transponder 16, 87° West Mission Status Center Photos: Launch gallery Photos: Beach view Photos: Press site view Photos: On the pad Photos: Rocket rollout Photos: Satellite preps Rocket configuration Ascent events timeline Ground track map Our Atlas archive

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SBIRS GEO 1 readied for Atlas rocket launch

This collection of photographs shows the SBIRS GEO 1 satellite inside its Cape Canaveral processing building being encapsulated within the two-piece rocket nose cone, then being delivered to the Vertical Integration Facility for mounting atop the Atlas 5 booster.

Photo credit: Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance

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