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Atlas 5 rocket back on the launch pad for national security mission – Spaceflight Now
An Atlas 5 rocket stands on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Thursday night. Credit: United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket made its third trip to a Cape Canaveral launch pad Thursday, rolling into position for liftoff Friday afternoon with a classified payload for the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency.
The 206-foot-tall (63-meter) rocket made the 1,800-foot (550-meter) trip from ULA’s Vertical Integration Facility to Cape Canaveral’s Complex 41 launch pad Thursday afternoon….
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