U.S. military's new weather satellite gets foggy sendoff

An Atlas 5 rocket escaped the heavy blanket of fog smothering its launch pad this morning and successfully powered to space to deploy a new global weather observatory for America's military. Liftoff from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base came at 9:12 a.m. local (12:12 p.m. EDT; 1612 GMT) when the day's narrow launch window opened to ensure delivery of the payload into the desired polar orbit. More

(Source: Space Flight Now - Oct 18)