Atlas V Appears To Have Performed Flawlessly
Against the pre-dawn sky from Cape Canaveral, the AMERICOM-16
satellite roared into space onboard an Atlas V launch vehicle from
Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Saturday
morning at 0707 Eastern Time. After 109 minutes, the spacecraft
separated from the Centaur upper stage and was placed into
geostationary transfer orbit. Initial signals were received from
the satellite at 0941 ET.