[Launch Alert] Atlas V Launch Successful

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

			            Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
		             kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	               http://www.spacearchive.info

				            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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