Congrats to Orbital for what looks to be a clean launch!

Snidely noted that:
Jeff Findley submitted this idea :
Congrats to Orbital for what looks to be a clean launch! It sounds like
Cygnus made it to orbit and is operating properly. Here's hoping that the
rest of this ISS resupply (demonstration) mission goes well.

So far so good, with some good pictures of Cygnus' departure.
http://www.nasa.gov/content/canadarm2-releases-cygnus-after-successful-demonstration-mission-0/index.html#.UmddSSpXuio
or http://tinyurl.com/CygnusSetFree


http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/exp37_102213b_large.jpg?itok=g2GMefSl

/dps

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