United Launch Alliance announced on Wednesday that the company had closed the investigation into the Atlas V underperformance occurring on the Cygnus OA-6 launch in March and cleared the workhorse launcher to proceed with its upcoming June 24 launch of the MUOS 5 satellite for the U.S. Navy.
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United Launch Alliance and Orbital ATK are ready to repeat their partnership in resupplying the International Space Station Tuesday night when an Atlas V rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Space Coast to send the Cygnus OA-6 cargo ship into orbit for a three-day flight to ISS ahead of a two-month stay.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket is rolled to its launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 to enter final preparations for liftoff with the Cygnus OA-6 cargo spacecraft, set to deliver over three metric tons of cargo to the International Space Station.
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The Atlas V 401 launch vehicle set to deliver the Cygnus OA-6 cargo craft to orbit is assembled at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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The Cygnus OA-6 spacecraft, the S.S. Rick Husband, completes pre-flight processing, cargo loading and integration with the spacecraft Service Module at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a two-month cargo delivering mission to the Space Station.
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Preparations for the next Cygnus cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station have begun at the Kennedy Space Center where elements of the mission are being readied for launch.
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