Tag: Atlas-Centaur

  • Preview: Navy craft to ride milestone Atlas-Centaur launching

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    Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The 200th Atlas-Centaur rocket, history some 52 years in the making, will blast off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral to deliver a U.S. Navy mobile communications satellite into orbit. It is the most-powerful United Launch Alliance Atlas-Centaur configuration available, the 551 varient that will feature five strap-on solid-fuel boosters. Liftoff is…