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ULA’s Atlas V rocket has launched for the first time in nearly a year - Enlarge / ULA's Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 a... - arstechnica.com/?p=1966921 -107

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Rocket Report: Japan launches Moon mission; Ariane 6 fires up in Kourou - Enlarge / A Japanese H-IIA rocket lifts off from the Tanegashima Space ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1966391

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US spy satellite agency isn’t so silent about new “Silent Barker” mission - Enlarge / United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket rolls to its launch p... - arstechnica.com/?p=1963906

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’s was sent to aboard a V in its 541 configuration. This meant that the rocket flew with a 5 meter diameter fairing, 4 solid rocket boosters, and a single engine on its upper stage.
In the 5 meter fairing version, the Centaur is encapsulated in the payload fairing along with the payload.
Painted on the fairing are the logos for the and the United Launch Alliance, as well as the flag and the serial number, AV-028.
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A United Launch Alliance V sits on LC-41, waiting to launch a communications for . The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System allows NASA to maintain near-constant contact with its Earth-orbiting , including the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, and Antarctica, as well as during ascent.
The Mobile Launch Platform’s umbilical towers obscure the brightly-lit rocket.
The satellited being launched is -K, renamed TDRS-11 once operational.
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A United Launch Alliance lifts up over the at the of Cape Canaveral National Seashore CCNS, at Playalinda Beach, where it meats Kennedy Space Center property.
The newly-built Crew Access Tower at SLC-41 is visible in front of the flame column.
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A 4-meter fairing, hand-painted with the logo, the program logo, the , and the . The 4-meter fairing provides less volume for payloads than the 5 meter version, but weighs less.
After launch, the Radiation Belt Storm Probes were renamed the Van Allen Probes once in orbit, and continue to study the Van Allen Belts and Earth’s magnetosphere.
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A of a United Launch Alliance rocket in its 401 configuration, with no and a 4 meter fairing.
The is on its Mobile Launch Platform that is being pushed from the Vertical Integration Facility to the pad at LC-41 at .

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Thank you all for indulging Fox 🦊 (the ) in his silly day.
For a finale, here is a of the that carried , the Science Laboratory . This V is in its 541 configuration, with the wider 5 meter fairing decaled with 's logo, sitting on the , having just arrived from the .
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The modern has been called the for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a .
The “Dial” tops out at 5, with the V 551, with a 5 meter fairing, 5 , and 1 engine on the upper stage. This is the setting for the Atlas V dial. ’s new rocket will have a dial that goes to 6.
’s to was launched on an 551.
In this , it rams through a as the begins it trip to Jupiter.
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The modern , designed by and operated by the United Launch Alliance or , has been called the for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a .
The next-to-last stop on the “Dial” is the V 541, with a 5 meter fairing, 4 , and 1 engine on the upper stage.
’s Science Laboratory on a Atlas V 541.
This shows it leaping into the .
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The modern , designed by and operated by the United Launch Alliance or , has been called the for its ability to add capacity by adding solid rocket boosters like increasing steps on a .
The “Dial” next goes up to 3 with the V 431, with a 4 meter fairing, 3 , and 1 engine on the upper stage.
The private launched to on a ULA Atlas V 431.
This shows it rising over the at .
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