{"id":14925,"date":"2017-01-21T18:58:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T10:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-first-ula-mission-of-the-year-blasts-off\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T18:58:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T10:58:50","slug":"photos-first-ula-mission-of-the-year-blasts-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-first-ula-mission-of-the-year-blasts-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: First ULA mission of the year blasts off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marking United Launch Alliance\u2019s first rocket flight in 2017, beginning its year of national security and science-enabling missions, the Atlas 5 rocket departs Cape Canaveral carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit: United Launch Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21651\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21652\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/02.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21653\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/03.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21666\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21657\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4a-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4a-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4a-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4a-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4a.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21658\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4aa-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4aa-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4aa-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4aa-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4aa.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21659\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4b-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4b-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4b-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4b-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4b.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21660\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb2-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb2.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21661\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21663\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4bb4.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21664\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4c-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4c-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4c.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21654\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/05.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21655\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/06-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/06-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/06.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p>See earlier SBIRS GEO Flight 3 coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking United Launch Alliance\u2019s first rocket flight in 2017, beginning its year of national security and science-enabling missions, the Atlas 5 rocket departs Cape Canaveral carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 3 satellite. Credit: United Launch Alliance See earlier SBIRS GEO Flight 3 coverage. Our Atlas archive.<\/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":[437,724,3452,25,472,3059,3453,750],"class_list":["post-14925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-air-force","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-066","tag-launch","tag-lockheed-martin","tag-sbirs","tag-sbirs-geo-flight-3","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14925"}],"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=14925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}