[Launch Alert] Atlas V Launch Scheduled

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 17, 2010
Release No. 05-0910

ATLAS V LAUNCH SCHEDULED

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch
an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 Sept. 20 at 8:29 p.m.

This launch marks the 604th overall Atlas mission in U.S. history.

The launch is a team effort between the 4th Space Launch Squadron and the
United Launch Alliance.

"I'm incredibly proud of all the hard work of the men and women of the 4th
Space Launch Squadron team in preparing for this Atlas V mission," said Lt.
Col. Brady Hauboldt, 4th Space Launch Squadron commander.  "We've worked
side-by-side with United Launch Alliance and the entire 30th Space Wing to
pull this campaign together over the last few months and we are now 'GO' for
launch.  We're all excited to have the opportunity to launch our newest
Atlas V and demonstrate Team Vandenberg's continued contributions to space
power."

The rocket will carry a national security payload for the National
Reconnaissance Office.