[amsat-bb] Atlas rocket and Hispasat satellite launch

["Keith O'Brien" <n4zq@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Follow the countdown and launch of the Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket 
carrying the Spanish Hispasat 1D communications satellite.


Sept. 18: International Launch Services Atlas 2AS with Hispasat-1D from Cape 
Canaveral Air Force Station. 6:04 to 7:42 p.m. EDT (2204 to 2242 GMT).

Satellite broadcast: Telstar 5, Transponder 23, C-band


No luck yet finding a Web Page that will carry the launch video..

Text based launch status available at:

http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac159/status.html

Hope to have a visual of the launch from the Tampa Bay area if the afternoon 
clouds don't get in the way.. 73 Keith N4ZQ






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