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		Rocket: Atlas 5 Payload: NROL-34 Date: April 14, 2011 Time: 9:24 p.m. local Site: SLC-3E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Feed: AMC 1, C-band, Transp. 15, 103° West Mission Status Center Photos: Pre-launch shots Photos: L-1 day Photos: Gantry rollback Photos: Launch gallery Photos: More launch Photos: Air Force shots Our Atlas archive

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Atlas 5 rocket awaits countdown

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands enclosed within its protective mobile service gantry on Wednesday afternoon, just one day before the scheduled liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Photo credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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