https://freerepublic.com/tag/lauch/ en-us Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:47:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983413/posts Rocket: Atlas 5 Variant: AV-401 Payload: TDRS K Date: Jan. 30, 2013 Window: 8:48-9:28 p.m. EST/5:48-6:28 p.m. PST (0148-0328 GMT) Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Feed: NASA Television On the pad! Completing the first third-of-a-mile on the trek to orbit, the Atlas 5 rocket has arrived at the Complex 41 pad for Wednesday evening's ascent to deploy a NASA communications spacecraft. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite K (TDRS K) is bound for geosynchronous orbit to replenish the existing space network to transmit information between low-Earth-orbit craft and mission controllers. Users depending on the system include the space station, Hubble... SpaceFlightNow.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983413/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:47:02 GMT