A rare sight is coming to the Space Coast Tuesday morning. A 196-foot-tall Atlas V rocket will lift off from the launch pad in Secret Space Force Mission.
There has only been one other Atlas V launch this year, and that was for a crewed flight test of Boeing’s Starliner.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to lift off at 6:45 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 30, carrying the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-51 mission from Launch Complex 41, which is located south of Kennedy Space Center.
As of Friday morning, weather conditions were expected to be favorable for Tuesday’s launch with only a 20% chance that conditions would prevent the launch.
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