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  • Live coverage: Atlas 5 counting down to liftoff from California (7:14 p.m. PST/10:14 p.m. EST)

    12/12/2014 6:21:58 PM PST · by Jack Hydrazine · 49 replies
    SpaceFlightNow.com ^ | 12DEC2014 | Staff Writer
    The countdown begins anew for tonight's launch of the Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:13:30 p.m. local time (10:13:30 p.m. EST; 0313:30 GMT). "Any of the folks who get to watch this launch, which will be an evening launch, will really get to see a show both in sound and light produced," said Lt. Col. Jim Bodnar, 4th Space Launch Squadron commander at Vandenberg. Last night's initial countdown was halted due to a bleak weather forecast. Conditions are predicted to improve for tonight's try, with a 40 percent chance of acceptable...