Status Report

L-4 ULA Media Update: ULA Atlas V NROL-42 Launch Set for September 21

By SpaceRef Editor
September 17, 2017
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Everything is progressing toward the ULA Atlas V NROL-42 launch in support of national security. The mission, for the National Reconnaissance Office, is set to lift off on an Atlas V rocket on Thursday, Sept. 21 from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch time is 10:38 p.m. PDT.

ALL TIMES PACIFIC
TRANSMIT TEST – SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
 
LAUNCH – SEPTEMBER 21, 2017                                    
BARS AND TONE – 9:47 P.M.
PROGRAM START – 10:18 P.M.
TRANSMISSION FOR DIGITAL HIGH DEFINITON
SATELLITE: SES 3
TRANSPONDER: 24
BAND: C-Band Digital
ORBITAL POSITION: 103 degrees west
HD BANDWIDTH: 18 MHz (Half Transponder ‘CD’)
UPLINK FREQ: 6,414.000 MHz (Horizontal)
DOWNLINK FREQ: 4,189.000 MHz (Vertical)
SYMBOL RATE: 13
FEC: ¾
DATA RATE: 17.9705
DVBS-QPSK
MPEG-2
AUDIO EMBEDDED
 
WEB CAST AVAILABLE AT: http://www.ulalaunch.com   and www.youtube.com/unitedlaunchalliance 

SpaceRef staff editor.