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\h        Candrea Thomas/Launch Commentator    
    TenÖ.

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\h        GLS is go for main engine start.

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\h        Candrea Thomas/Launch Commentator: SevenÖsixÖfiveÖfourÖthreeÖtwoÖ oneÖbooster ignition.

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\h        And liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour -- preparing our home in space for a larger international family.

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\h        Houston now controlling.

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\h        Houston -- Endeavour -- roll program.

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\h        Roger roll Endeavour.

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\h        Commander Chris Ferguson confirming     
    Endeavour is rolling on course for

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\h         a rendezvous with the International Space Station. Speed 1,000 mph.

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\h        Altitude one mile, downrange distance six and one half miles from Kennedy Space Center already.

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\h        Three engines slowing down to 72 percent of their rated thrust, as the shuttle goes through the realm of maximum

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\h        aerodynamic pressure -- altitude five miles, downrange eight miles from Kennedy Space Center -- speed 1,500 mph.

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\h         Endeavour go at throttle up.

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\h        All systems remain go. Speed 2,000 mph, altitude 10 miles. Downrange systems 12 miles from Kennedy Space Center.

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\h        Itís one and a half minutes since launch --     
    Endeavour has consumed two and a quarter

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\h         million pounds of propellant -- and weighs less than half of what it did at launch.

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\h        Standing by for burnout of the twin solid     
    rocket boosters and jettison.