[FPSPACE] FW: [Launch Alert] Atlas V Launch Successful

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "Brian Webb" <kd6nrp at earthlink.net>
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>To: "Launch Alert" <launch-alert at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Launch Alert] Atlas V Launch Successful
>Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:51:34 -0700
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>                              LAUNCH ALERT
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>			            Brian Webb
>		         Ventura County, California
>		             kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>	               http://www.spacearchive.info
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>				            2008 March 13 (Thursday) 04:32 PDT
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>                       ATLAS V LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
>                      Vandenberg AFB News Release
>
>VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - Vandenberg AFB successfully launched a Atlas
>V rocket today at 3:01 a.m.  The rocket took off from Space Launch
>Complex-3 carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload.
>
>Col. Steve Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander, was the spacelift
>commander for this mission, or final go-for-launch authority.
>
>"This launch was an incredible achievement for Team Vandenberg, ULA,
>NRO and our other fellow launch partners," Colonel Tanous said. "The
>hard work and dedication of everyone involved for the first launch of
>an Atlas V and for the year here, continues to ensure our nation's
>access to space.
>
>"I am very proud of the teamwork that led to the successful and
>historic Atlas V mission."
>
>The Atlas V is an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. This was the
>first Atlas V launch from Vandenberg.
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