{"id":23196,"date":"2020-11-05T20:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/countdown-has-started-for-ulas-nrol-101-mission\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T20:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:58:57","slug":"countdown-has-started-for-ulas-nrol-101-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/countdown-has-started-for-ulas-nrol-101-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown has started for ULA\u2019s NROL-101 Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"5921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/11\/04\/countdown-has-started-for-ulas-nrol-101-mission\/916d9ebb-6e42-47a1-8ead-5e436482964b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"4913,3275\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"916D9EBB-6E42-47A1-8EAD-5E436482964B\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonight at 5:54 PM ET, United Launch Alliance intends to launch a national security mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The countdown began today at 11:04 AM. You can track the live countdown on ULA\u2019s site.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-5915\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 45th Weather Squadron has given the launch a 70% chance of launching with current weather conditions. The current concern is the chance of breaking ULA\u2019s ground winds rule. Wind has been an issue this week with ULA CEO Tory Bruno tweeting the reason for the initial slippage was damage to a duct, possibly from high winds. Yesterday winds were about 15-20 knots and tonight winds are estimated to be 20-26 knots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If ULA is able to launch their Atlas tonight, it will mark the first flight of the brand new GEM 63 solid rocket motors from Northrop Grumman. A stretched version of these boosters will be used on ULA\u2019s next-generation Vulcan rocket. Three of them will be flown on today\u2019s mission replacing Aerojet Rocket AJ630A solid motor Atlas has used since its first flight. 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