[Launch Alert] Atlas V Launched

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                        www.spacearchive.info
		       
                                  2011 April 15 (Friday) 05:21 PDT
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                  VANDENBERG'S 4TH ATLAS V LIFTS OFF
                     Vandenberg AFB News Release
                            2011 April 14

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg launched an Atlas
V from Space Launch Complex-3 here April 14 at 9:24 p.m. PDT. 
	
It was the fourth Atlas V processed at Vandenberg and the 605th
overall Atlas mission in U.S. history.
	
"The wind cooperated with us this evening enabling us to launch
without compromising public safety," said Col. Richard Boltz, 30th
Space Wing commander. "Without a doubt, every launch is a major feat,
and I'm extremely proud of Team Vandenberg for yet another job well
done." 

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

Vandenberg's next launch is a Delta II scheduled for June 9. 

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