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ULA Launches NRO’s National Defense Payload Aboard Atlas V Rocket

ULA Launches NRO's National Defense Payload Aboard Atlas V Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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NROL-61 LaunchUnited Launch Alliance has launched a national security payload into space Thursday as part of the National Reconnaissance Office‘s NROL-61 mission.

The Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture said Thursday it launched the NROL-61 payload aboard the company-built Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The Atlas V EELV 421 configuration was built to feature an RD AMROSS RD-180 engine-powered booster as well as a Centaur upper stage powered by Aerojet Rocketdyne‘s RL10C-1 engine, ULA added.

The deployment is ULA’s sixth launch in 2016, which will be followed by the launch of the U.S. Air Force‘s AFSPC-6 satellite aboard a Delta IV EELV on Aug. 19, ULA noted.

The Air Force formed the commercially-developed EELV program to provide space access for Defense Department and government payloads.

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