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The National Reconnaissance Office’s MilSat Cleared for Launch

By Marc Boucher
March 24, 2014
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The National Reconnaissance Office’s MilSat Cleared for Launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 5-meter diameter payload fairing.
ULA

With the Launch Readiness Review completed last Friday, the National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-67) classified satellite is set for launch Tuesday on from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 2:48 p.m. EDT on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V.
The current weather forecast shows a 40 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch.

The NROL-67 launch will be carried live and a simulcast of the broadcast can be viewed here: http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Multimedia_Webcast.shtml

The webcast will begin at 2:28 p.m. EDT.

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