SFI LIVE: ULA launch of SBIRS GEO 4
Tonight’s launch is the first scheduled United Launch Alliance mission to take place from Cape Canaveral in 2018. Photo Credit: Mike Howard / SpaceFlight Insider
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — ULA is planning on sending the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 mission for the U.S. Air Force to orbit. The flight is currently scheduled to begin as early as 7:48 p.m. EST (00:48 GMT on Friday, Jan. 20) atop an Atlas V 411 rocket from Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. SpaceFlight Insider’s Live Show is slated to begin at 7:20 p.m. EST.
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