ULA says it has all its ducts in a row for today’s Atlas V launch – Ars Technica

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• An Atlas V 531 rocket with the NROL-101 payload on the launch pad is seen Monday before returning to the Vertical Integration Facility for additional payload environmental control system repairs/checkouts.
• Super-telephoto view of the upper ECS (environmental control system) duct after repair on November 4, 2020.
• Close-up of the NROL-101 fairing artwork. The Elvish script translates to “Goodness Persists.”
• This is the first flight of Atlas V with the GEM-63…

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