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| | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: The Mission |
 | | Launch: Viewing the Launch on NASA TV A Lockheed Martin-built Atlas 5 rocket, like the one pictured, will launch the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. |
 | | Digital NASA Television, carried by MPEG-2 signal, can be accessed in the continental United States on AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, Transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. |
 | | If you live in Alaska or Hawaii, NASA TV can be seen on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, Transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, vertical polarization, audio at 6.8 MHz in analog through NASA's Space Shuttle Return to Flight mission. |
| mars.jpl.nasa.gov /mro/mission/tl_launch_nasatv.html (139 words) |
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