[Launch Alert] Atlas V Launched

[Launch Alert]

The following is a Vandenberg AFB media release


VANDENBERG SUPPORTS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch
Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA payload from Space Launch Complex-3
at 10:02 a.m. here Monday.

Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision
authority.

"We completed our mission of supporting a safe and successful
launch," said Armagno, "I am so proud of my team on another job well done." 

It was the sixth Atlas V launch for Vandenberg. 

The 30th Space Wing and NASA hosted a launch viewing party at
Providence Landing Park in Lompoc that brought in nearly 1,800 spectators
from all over California. 

"Our communities have supported our base and our mission for many
years," said Larry Hill, 30th Space Wing Public Affairs community relations
chief. "It was great to see such an amazing turnout for this launch."

Mobility, the rock band from United States Air Force Band of the
Golden West, played for the launch spectators.