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RE: PAN satellite

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All systems are go for launch

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L minus 7 munutes

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L minus 40 munutes

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L minus 45 munutes

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Webcast (windows media player)

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Rocket/Payload: Atlas V launching the PAN satellite on behalf of the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.

Date/Launch Time/Site: Sept. 8, with a launch window of 5:35-7:44 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. If the launch scrubs, the launch window for a second launch attempt on Sept. 9 is 5:37-7:45 p.m. EDT.

Atlas V PAN Mission Overview (PDF)

Ed ~ A ULA launch webcast of the PAN satellite Starts at 21:15 GMT, 5:15 p.m. EDT, launch day.

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A ULA Atlas 5 rocket (AV-018) in a 401 vehicle configuration is scheduled to launch the "PAN" satellite for the U.S. Government at 21:35 GMT, 8th September, 2009, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The launch window extends for 2 hours ten minutes.
Details about the two ton satellite are classified.