UPDATE: A problem with the an upper payload environmental control system flow rate reduction has forced United Launch Alliance to postpone the NROL101 mission to Wednesday, November 4.
The #AtlasV was rolled to the pad today for final launch processing. Upon arriving at the launch pad we experienced an upper payload environmental control system flow rate reduction.
— ULA (@ulalaunch) November 2, 2020
Lift-off is now set for just after sunset at 5:54 p.m.
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United Launch Alliance is planning to light the Space Coast sky on Election Day.
ULA announced it is targeting Nov. 3 for an attempted launch of an Atlas V rocket.
The launch window opens at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:58 p.m. and stays open until 8:10 p.m.
A ULA #AtlasV rocket is in final preparations to launch the #NROL101 mission for the @NatReconOfc. The launch is on track for Nov. 3 from SLC-41 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for 5:58 p.m. EST. Read more: https://t.co/w77BxJQBAy pic.twitter.com/6c1c8olBDc
— ULA (@ulalaunch) October 30, 2020
The rocket is set to carry a classified satellite into orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Next in line is the Commercial Crew SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-1.
The launch is now set for November 14, at 7:49 PM ET.
Today at 4pm ET: Managers from NASA & @SpaceX discuss the upcoming #LaunchAmerica Crew-1 mission to the @Space_Station, now targeted for liftoff Sat., Nov. 14 at 7:49pm ET from Launch Complex 39A at @NASAKennedy.
— NASA (@NASA) October 28, 2020
🔗 https://t.co/mzKW5uV4hS pic.twitter.com/vLjeOTAMbD
You can hear all of the launches live on WDBO 107.3 FM and AM 580 or watch them live on the WDBO Facebook page.
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