ULA Atlas V Rocket Launch Scrubbed Tonight Due To Ground Issue Related To Booster Liquid Oxygen System
By Space Coast Daily // January 18, 2018
Coverage begins at 7:32 p.m. ET
ABOVE VIDEO: Watch live as ULA’s Atlas V rocket launches the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 for the U.S. Air Force.
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FLORIDA – United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket launch has been scrubbed from Cape Canaveral Thursday night “due to a ground issue associated with the booster liquid oxygen system.”
The launch has been rescheduled for tomorrow night (Jan. 19).
Launch window is set to open at 7:48 p.m. ET, with coverage starting at 7:28 p.m. ET.
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.
FACTS ABOUT THE LAUNCH
- Rocket: Atlas V 411
- Mission: Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4
- Launch Date: Friday, Jan. 19, 2018
- Launch Time: The 40-minute launch window opens at 7:48 p.m. EST
- Live Broadcast: Tune in beginning at 7:28 p.m. EST
- Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Mission Description: SBIRS, considered one of the nation’s highest priority space programs, is designed to provide global, persistent, infrared surveillance capabilities to meet 21st-century demands in four national security mission areas: missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness.
The SBIRS team is led by the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor, with Northrop Grumman as the payload integrator.
Air Force Space Command operates the SBIRS system.
Launch Notes: ULA also launched the first three SBIRS GEO missions. SBIRS GEO Flight 4 mission will mark ULA’s 125th mission overall since the company was founded in 2006. It’s also the 75th Atlas V launch since the rocket’s inaugural flight in 2002.
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.
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