[opendtv] Lockheed launches high definition TV satellite
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: undisclosed-recipient: ;
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 21:04:44 -0400
Lockheed launches high definition TV satellite
- May 19, 2004 07:44 PM (Reuters)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 19 (Reuters) - A Lockheed Martin
Atlas 2 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday carrying a
2.5 tonne high-definition television satellite that will bring
the new format to some familiar cable offerings in the United
States.
Lockheed (NYSE:LMT) reported a clean lift-off from the Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:22 p.m. EDT (2222 GMT),
followed 28 minutes later by the separation of the AMC-11
satellite, built by Lockheed for SES AMERICOM, from the
rocket's second stage.
This was one of the last rockets launched in what has
become an old-fashioned way, with the launch team hunkered down
in a concrete bunker with 12-foot (3.6-metre) thick walls just
800 feet (240 metres) from the launch pad. The launch
controller actually pushed a button.
Both Lockheed and its chief U.S. rival, Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA),
are quickly phasing out older generation rockets in favor of
new models that are more powerful, more flexible and, if the
industry is correct, more reliable.
Lockheed's Atlas 5 does away with such trappings as the
launch tower and the button and can be rolled out to a nearly
bare pad just 12 hours before launch.
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- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41564243
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