{"id":12570,"date":"2020-03-25T18:17:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T10:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-atlas-5-rocket-rolls-out-to-launch-pad-at-cape-canaveral\/"},"modified":"2020-03-25T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T10:17:13","slug":"photos-atlas-5-rocket-rolls-out-to-launch-pad-at-cape-canaveral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-atlas-5-rocket-rolls-out-to-launch-pad-at-cape-canaveral\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to launch pad at Cape Canaveral"},"content":{"rendered":"

United Launch Alliance\u2019s next Atlas 5 rocket moved to its launch pad Wednesday at Cape Canaveral, taking position for liftoff with the U.S. military\u2019s sixth and final Advanced Extremely High Frequency secure communications satellite.<\/p>\n

The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 rocket, fitted with five strap-on solid rocket boosters, completed the third-of-a-mile trip pushed by trackmobiles along rail tracks laid between ULA\u2019s Vertical Integration Facility and Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41 launch pad.<\/p>\n

Liftoff is scheduled for 2:57 p.m. EDT (1857 GMT) Thursday, the opening of a two-hour launch window.<\/p>\n

The combined Atlas 5 rocket and mobile launch platform during rollout weighed around 1.9 million pounds.<\/p>\n

ULA crews assembled the Atlas 5 launcher inside the Vertical Integration Facility. The stacking began Feb. 19 with the hoisting of the Atlas 5\u2019s first stage \u2014 powered by a Russian-made RD-180 engine \u2014 on the mobile launch platform inside the VIF.<\/p>\n

Ground teams then installed the five Aerojet Rocketdyne-made solid rocket boosters and lifted the Atlas 5\u2019s Centaur upper stage on top of the rocket. The final piece added to the rocket was the U.S. Space Force\u2019s AEHF 6 communications satellite inside the Atlas 5\u2019s Swiss-made payload shroud.<\/p>\n

Photos of Wednesday\u2019s rollout are posted below.<\/p>\n

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