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Atlas 5

ULA to debut unflown variant of Atlas 5 rocket later this year

February 11, 2020 Stephen Clark

The last unflown variant of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 launcher — fitted with a five-meter fairing and a single strap-on solid rocket booster — will carry a pair of U.S. military space surveillance satellites toward geosynchronous orbit from Cape Canaveral late this year, according to a Space Force spokesperson.

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