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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."

2 of 17 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And if you miss it this time by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Atlas family has perfect record in 71 consecutive flights says the actual article as opposed to the press release- even more proof that this will happen again in the future.

    So this will hardly be a unique show.

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  2. Why a launch window? by golo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I understand that for some missions there are launch windows (interplanetary probes, space rendezvous), but I wonder why does the launch of a geostationary satellite limited to a time window? I would assume that the spot where you want to place the spacecraft stays 'stationary' relative to the launch site? What am I missing?
    Thanks