THREE MARTIN Marietta Atlas boosters, are scheduled to be launched, from Cape Canaveral, Florida and Vandenberg AFB, California, this month.
The Intelsat 705 communications satellite will be launched from Cape Canaveral on 19 March, aboard an Atlas 2AS vehicle, and will be followed on 31 March by American Mobile Communications' MSAT, aboard a 2A model.
The final Atlas E booster will be launched on 22 March from Vandenberg. This will place the US Air Force Defence Meteorological Satellite Programme DMSP 13 spacecraft into polar orbit. The Atlas will be replaced by the Titan 2 and other boosters, for military and civilian launches.
Source: Flight International