[RightWhale]

spaceflightnow.com
1555 GMT (11:55 a.m. EDT)

T+plus 40 minutes, 30 seconds. Atlantis has completed the OMS burn.

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That's about it for the ascent phase. Maybe a tweak later.

[burzum]

Spaceflight Now reports:

A quick review of video from the external tank-mounted camera shows a couple of very small pieces of debris shedding from the tank well after solid rocket booster separation. So far, it looks like Atlantis had a clean ascent.