Tag: NROL-52
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal
Live coverage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight to deploy the NROL-52 national security payload. Follow us on Twitter. (Launch webcast begins at 3:08 a.m. EDT / 0708 GMT) Refresh page for the latest updates
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Photos: NROL-52 payload mounted atop Atlas 5 booster
This photo gallery shows the classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, already encapsulated in the 14-foot-diameter nose cone, being lifted atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas-Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility. This milestone was achieved on Sept. 26. Launch of NROL-52 is planned for Thursday, Oct. 5, at 4:07 a.m. EDT. Photo credit: United…
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Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission from Cape Canaveral
*** 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: Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 Target Launch Time: 4:07 a.m. EDT 0807 GMT Launch Period: 90 minutes 3:30-5:00 a.m. EDT 0730-0900 GMT Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Space Launch…
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NRO payload paired with Atlas 5 rocket for another national security launch
The NROL-52 mission poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — A payload critical to the nation was mounted atop its Atlas 5 rocket this morning in preparation for next week’s launch into orbit. The covert NROL-52 satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office is scheduled for liftoff Oct. 5 some time during an unclassified launch…