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Old 23-04-2010, 10:02 AM
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kinetic (Steve)
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Not sure Nettie, I did have a dual dropout on both laptops
just before the 20min hold and thought maybe they won't
live broadcast the actual launch, being air-force etc....
Then it logged back on.
Maybe lot's of traffic relogging causes these hitches

from their website:

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Thursday's Atlas launch will enter a news blackout after the rocket's Centaur upper stage completes its first burn about 17 minutes after liftoff. Any subsequent Centaur firings and deployment of the X-37B will not be announced.
"You can't hide a space launch," Payton said. "The main thing we want to emphasize is the vehicle itself, not so much what's going on during the on-orbit experimental phase. The vehicle itself is the piece of news here."

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