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Live Broadcast of Satellite Launch

Posted by michael on from the better-than-bottle-rockets dept.

MonolithicX writes "International Launch Systems is launching AMC11, an Atlas II class rocket, this Wednesday May 19th from Cape Canaveral, FL. You can watch the live broadcast here, coverage begins at 5:25 EDT and launch is scheduled for 5:42pm. Interesting facts about the launch can be found in the news release."

3 of 17 comments (clear)

  1. And if you miss it this time by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There will certainly be several thousand more chances:

    With a 100 percent success rate and 61 consecutive successful launches, the Atlas II family has a reliability record unmatched in the industry.

    If I was going to spend several million to launch a Satellite, this would certainly be the system I'd use- and it's reliability means there will be live reruns of this for every launch until they can't make money launching satellites anymore.

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  2. Re:5:42pm EDT by another_henry · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I do hope that was a joke.

    You can't schedule a launch based on TV times. Even Judge Judy cannot trump the laws of physics... to get the satellite in the right spot in its orbit there is a narrow launch window.

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    "Studies have shown that people who eat peanuts live longer than those who do not eat."
  3. More info by travisbecker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A small nitpick: AMC-11 is the payload, not the rocket.

    A realtime status log is available at Spaceflight Now.

    Travis