Another Atlas V 541 variant. Might be AV-072Quite a few launches from Vandy this year, not just Atlas & Delta
Interesting. Is the SBIRS HEO4 sensor part of the NROL-42 payload for this launch? I had no idea. Oops
Quote from: vapour_nudge on 03/03/2017 01:42 pmInteresting. Is the SBIRS HEO4 sensor part of the NROL-42 payload for this launch? I had no idea. OopsI don't know, but it has been speculated that the payload is TRUMPET F/O-2 2 with SBIRS-HEO 4. I don't remember where I got that speculation from.
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 07/25/2017 10:03 pmOr will the NROL-42 launch be delayed?L-42 is in September now.
Or will the NROL-42 launch be delayed?
At a first glance these doesn't seem to be giving too much away. The four stars on the right of the "ultimate answer" patch loosely resemble a pattern we've seen on the fairing patches for the last three "Improved Trumpet" satellites.
Delayed to September 11, as per the July 26 update onhttps://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
(Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Sept. 15, 2017) - The ULA Atlas V carrying the NROL-42 mission in support of national security is scheduled for Sept. 21 from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ULA team is on track with launch processing to support this date.
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 09/15/2017 09:10 pm(Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Sept. 15, 2017) - The ULA Atlas V carrying the NROL-42 mission in support of national security is scheduled for Sept. 21 from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ULA team is on track with launch processing to support this date.Any idea of the launch window, given the information from the previously scheduled, then delayed launch dates?
Liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket performing the #NROL42 deployment mission is targeted for 10:38 p.m. local time Sept. 21 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.