{"id":11674,"date":"2021-05-16T23:58:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T15:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-atlas-5-ready-for-liftoff-with-sbirs-geo-5\/"},"modified":"2021-05-16T23:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T15:58:27","slug":"photos-atlas-5-ready-for-liftoff-with-sbirs-geo-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-atlas-5-ready-for-liftoff-with-sbirs-geo-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Atlas 5 ready for liftoff with SBIRS GEO 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

These photos show a 194-foot-tall (59-meter) United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket standing on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in advance of a planned launch with the U.S. Space Force\u2019s fifth SBIRS missile warning satellite.<\/p>\n

The Atlas 5 rocket is set for launch during a 40-minute window opening at 1:35 p.m. EDT (1735 GMT) Monday. The Atlas 5 launcher that will deliver the SBIRS GEO 5 spacecraft to orbit will fly in the \u201c421\u201d configuration with a 4-meter and two strap-on solid rocket boosters supplied by Aerojet Rocketdyne. A single RL10 engine from Aerojet Rocketdyne will power the Atlas 5\u2019s Centaur upper stage.<\/p>\n

The launch will mark the eighth flight of the Atlas 5-421 variant, and the 87th launch of an Atlas 5 rocket since its debut in 2002.<\/p>\n

Read our preview story for additional details on the mission.<\/p>\n

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