{"id":13560,"date":"2018-10-15T20:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-atlas-5-rocket-transferred-to-launch-pad-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2018-10-15T20:22:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:22:18","slug":"photos-atlas-5-rocket-transferred-to-launch-pad-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-atlas-5-rocket-transferred-to-launch-pad-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Atlas 5 rocket transferred to launch pad in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Updated with rollout photos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34897\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34897\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292548542_47cb2f8de0_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292548542_47cb2f8de0_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292548542_47cb2f8de0_k-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292548542_47cb2f8de0_k-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292548542_47cb2f8de0_k-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292548542_47cb2f8de0_k-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292548542_47cb2f8de0_k-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Atlas 5 rocket set for launch with the U.S. Air Force\u2019s fourth AEHF communications satellite. Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A day-and-a-half before its liftoff with a U.S. Air Force communications satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Set to fly in its most powerful configuration with five solid rocket boosters, the Atlas 5 arrived in the starting blocks at Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41 launch pad after a 1,800-foot (550-meter) journey from ULA\u2019s nearby Vertical Integration Facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force\u2019s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency, or AEHF, communications satellite is fastened on top of the Atlas 5 rocket, inside a 17.7-foot-wide (5.4-meter) nose fairing. Built by Lockheed Martin with a Northrop Grumman-made nuclear-hardened secure communications payload, the AEHF 4 satellite will enable video, voice and data links between government leaders and military commanders.<\/p>\n<p>The AEHF 4 spacecraft joins three previous AEHF satellites launched on Atlas 5 rockets in 2010, 2012 and 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The 197-foot-tall (60-meter) Atlas 5 rocket is set for liftoff in a two-hour window opening at 12:15 a.m. EDT (0415 GMT) Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>More photos of the Atlas 5\u2019s rollout are posted below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34898\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34898\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44619460174_b2f76792f5_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44619460174_b2f76792f5_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44619460174_b2f76792f5_k-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44619460174_b2f76792f5_k-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44619460174_b2f76792f5_k-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44619460174_b2f76792f5_k-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44619460174_b2f76792f5_k-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34899\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34899\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31468004918_e95f0786ac_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31468004918_e95f0786ac_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31468004918_e95f0786ac_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34900\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34900\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467986598_99a646b9a7_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467986598_99a646b9a7_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467986598_99a646b9a7_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34901\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34901\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467971848_574ec3ebd7_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467971848_574ec3ebd7_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467971848_574ec3ebd7_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467971848_574ec3ebd7_k-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31467971848_574ec3ebd7_k-678x453.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34902\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34902\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34902\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342563771_4ec3b08627_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342563771_4ec3b08627_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342563771_4ec3b08627_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34903\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34903\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342555511_41dca3aadd_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342555511_41dca3aadd_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342555511_41dca3aadd_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342555511_41dca3aadd_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45342555511_41dca3aadd_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34904\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34904\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43527226670_fbf948092a_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43527226670_fbf948092a_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43527226670_fbf948092a_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34905\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34905\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292534952_aeeebcb5a6_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292534952_aeeebcb5a6_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45292534952_aeeebcb5a6_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34906\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34906\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43527214120_753d50772a_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43527214120_753d50772a_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43527214120_753d50772a_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34907\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34907\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45302394662_e3707b2b70_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45302394662_e3707b2b70_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45302394662_e3707b2b70_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34908\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34908\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/30413369117_fa0ab122d5_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/30413369117_fa0ab122d5_k.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/30413369117_fa0ab122d5_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/30413369117_fa0ab122d5_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/30413369117_fa0ab122d5_k-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34909\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34909\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45302376612_fefe455700_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45302376612_fefe455700_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45302376612_fefe455700_k-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34910\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34910\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31477576478_b15fc397cf_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"1032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31477576478_b15fc397cf_k.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/31477576478_b15fc397cf_k-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Updated with rollout photos. The Atlas 5 rocket set for launch with the U.S. Air Force\u2019s fourth AEHF communications satellite. Credit: United Launch Alliance A day-and-a-half before its liftoff with a U.S. Air Force communications satellite, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2302,2859,724,2860,1708,472,1611,750],"class_list":["post-13560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aehf","tag-aehf-4","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-073","tag-complex-41","tag-lockheed-martin","tag-telecom","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}