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Based upon an on-time launch Thursday, this is the timeline for Cygnus from liftoff through capture by the space station’s robotic arm: THURSDAY EST………..HH…MM…SS…EVENT 05:55:45 PM…00…00…00…Launch 05:56:03 PM…00…00…18…Begain pitch and yaw maneuver 05:57:07 PM…00…01…22…Mach 1 05:57:19 PM…00…01…33…Max Q 06:00:00 PM…00…04…15…Booster engine cutoff 06:00:06 PM…00…04…21…Atlas separation 06:00:16 PM…00…04…31…Centaur main engine start 06:00:24 PM…00…04…39…Payload fairing jettison 06:14:01…

This is the pre-launch news conference held Dec. 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for liftoff of the Orbital ATK commercial Cygnus cargo ship aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket for the International Space Station. See earlier Cygnus OA-4 coverage. Our Atlas archive.

Atlas 5 rocket file photo. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Lending a helping hand to resume the stalled U.S. supply chain to the International Space Station, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will send a commercial Cygnus cargo craft in pursuit of the outpost Thursday. With Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket and the SpaceX Falcon…

Relive the steps to stack the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility for the Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo freighter flight to the International Space Station. The first stage was erected initially, followed by the combined interstage and Centaur upper stage, then the encapsulated payload.Launch is planned for Dec. 3…

File photo of payload hoisting. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Loaded with over 7,300 pounds of goods for the International Space Station, a commercial Cygnus cargo vessel was mounted atop its Atlas 5 rocket booster today for launch Dec. 3. Just over a week after stacking of the two-stage launcher began at the Vertical Integration…

Atlas 5 launch. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — Expanding a single instant in time to 30 minutes, the upcoming United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets with Cygnus cargo-delivery freighters bound for the International Space Station will have an unprecedented opportunity available to launch each day. The first of two such launches in a 100-day span…

The Orbital ATK’s Cygnus commercial resupply spacecraft, named the SS Deke Slayton II, is packed up and poised for launch to the International Space Station. Engineers showed the vessel to local reporters and photographers at the Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility on Friday. It will be encapsulated in the Atlas 5 rocket’s 14-foot…