United Launch Alliance's Atlas V.

WORLD WIDE WEB — On Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 4:12PM EDT, United Launch Alliance will launch an Atlas V rocket with ICO Global Communications's G1 commercial satellite.  Rocketry Planet has made arrangements to broadcast the launch live in one of our chat rooms.  The webcast will begin at 3:51PM EDT, with a 1 hour launch window opening at 4:12PM EDT.

The launch will occur from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral AFS, FL, between 4:12 – 5:12 p.m. EDT. The ICO G1 mission will be flown on an Atlas V launch vehicle (421 configruation, tail number AV-014) with two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and a single engine Centaur upper stage.  The ICO G1 satellite will be encapsulated in a 4-meter diameter extended-extended payload fairing (XEPF) and integrated to the Centaur using a C-22 payload adapter (PLA), a B1194 low-shock payload separation system (LSPSS) and electrical harness.

The webcast is only available to registered users, but registration is easy and free. You must be logged in prior to entering the webcast and you must enter the special Arianespace Live Webcast link to view the webcast. To enter the webcast, simply click the link below:

Enter the ULA Live Webcast

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