Atlas 5 rocket to launch from Cape Canaveral tonight

     NEWSALERT: Friday, April 3, 2009 @ 1859 GMT
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ATLAS 5 ROCKET TO LAUNCH FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TONIGHT
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The Atlas 5 rocket's countdown is underway for tonight's launch of the
Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft, a massive satellite that will provide
expansive new communications capacity for U.S. military forces in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Liftoff is scheduled for 8:31 p.m. EDT.

http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av016/status.html

THURSDAY'S ROLLOUT PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av016/rollout2/


ROCKET ROARS AWAY FROM BAIKONUR FOR 9-HOUR ASCENT
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A Proton rocket blasted off from Kazakhstan Friday, beginning a more than
nine-hour mission to deposit a versatile European communications satellite
into a high-altitude geosynchronous transfer orbit.

http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/w2a/


INTEGRAL DISSECTS BRIGHT GAMMA-RAY BURST
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Integral has captured one the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen,
allowing astronomers to probe the mechanics of the initial stages of such
powerful stellar explosions.

http://astronomynow.com/090403Integraldissectsbrightgamma-rayburst.html