Tag: AV-075
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Photos: News media shots of the NROL-52 liftoff
Cape Canaveral was the point of origination for the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket and the classified NROL-52 payload. Photo Credit: Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now See earlier NROL-52 coverage.
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket powers NROL-52 payload to space
The Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral for its pre-dawn ascent to deploy the NROL-52 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier NROL-52 coverage.
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Video: NROL-52 launch aboard Atlas 5
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, standing 194 feet tall and and weighing a million pounds, unleashes 1.6 million pounds of thrust from its main engine and two side-mounted solid boosters to launch the secret NROL-52 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral. Courtesy: United Launch Alliance See earlier NROL-52 coverage.
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Atlas 5 pierces the night to boost national security satellite into space
CAPE CANAVERAL — A covert communications relay station to route spy satellite data directly to users was successfully launched by a million-pound Atlas 5 rocket overnight. The United Launch Alliance rocket left Cape Canaveral under the cover of darkness at 3:28 a.m. EDT (0728 GMT), dodging rain showers while speeding through decks of clouds, for…
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Photos: Atlas 5 on the pad awaiting liftoff on NROL-52
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands atop Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral in readiness for the NROL-52 deployment mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier NROL-52 coverage.
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Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission
*** AV-075/NROL-52 launch fact sheet *** Payload: CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY PAYLOAD NRO geosynchronous communications satellite Relays imagery and intelligence from LEO craft Launch Date: Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 Target Launch Time: 3:31 a.m. EDT 0731 GMT Launch Period: 90 minutes 3:00-4:30 a.m. EDT 0700-0830 GMT Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Space Launch…
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Preview: Atlas 5 to execute another space-lift mission for U.S. spy satellite agency
An Atlas 5-421, pictured here, will be used to launch NROL-52. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — An early bird rocket launch from the Florida spaceport will take to the skies before dawn Saturday when an Atlas 5 lofts a classified U.S. government satellite. United Launch Alliance will send up the clandestine NROL-52 payload…
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Photos: Atlas 5 returns to pad for night owl launch
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket with the NROL-52 spacecraft aboard moved to the launch pad this morning for liftoff Saturday to serve the national interest. Liftoff is scheduled for 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731 GMT). The Atlas 5 was rolled back to the Vertical Integration Facility on Monday for a removal, replacement and retest…
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Video: Weather causes Atlas 5 countdown hold
For the second day running, bad weather at Cape Canaveral forced the postponement of the NROL-52 satellite launch. Today, the weather officer stopped the countdown with 97 seconds left.
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Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out for NROL-52 flight
CAPE CANAVERAL — Riding the rails between its assembly building and the launch pad, an Atlas 5 rocket topped with a clandestine national security satellite was rolled out this morning for Thursday’s liftoff at 4:07 a.m. EDT (0807 GMT). United Launch Alliance technicians executed a smooth transfer in windy conditions, moving the 194-foot-tall rocket atop…