Orlando Sentinel By Richard Tribou 1/21/2022
The first United Launch Alliance mission of the year sent an Atlas V rocket with a payload for the U.S. Space Force into orbit today.
The launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 41 hit its target of 2 p.m. liftoff, marking the 75th flight of an Atlas V from the Space Coast.
“Feels like a good day to go to space,” said ULA president and CEO Tory Bruno on Twitter.
The USSF-8 mission aims to put two space surveillance satellites directly into geosynchronous orbit, the fifth and sixth satellites of the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program for more accurate tracking and identification of man-made orbiting objects. Deployment is slated more than six hours after liftoff.
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