A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V (421) has launched with the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) SV-1 tonight. Lift-off was on time at 8:21pm Eastern from Launch Complex 41 (LC-41) at Cape Canaveral. Following a 30 minute ride – including two burns of the Centaur upper stage – spacecraft seperation was successful.
NASASpaceflight.com covered the launch as a live event, with background, live updates, images and a free launch video – available now – on the links below (read more).