Yep, we just watched it live out here on the Sea Launch Commander, on our way to loft DirecTV-11 on March 17th. Congrats to our friends at Arianespace! BIG honkin' payload! 73 Jim KQ6EA
--- Clint Bradford clintbrad4d@earthlink.net wrote:
In les than an hour...Watch the ATV launch - LIVE
Jules Verne, ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle is set for lift- off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 05:03 CET (04:03 UT), on Sunday 9 March. A test signal will start one hour before liftoff. The launch transmission starts at 04:43 CET (03:43 UT) on 9 March, and will continue for 86 mins after the launch.
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/SEM35OK26DF_0.html
Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666
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