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NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Launch Scrubbed Again

By NASA
December 6, 2021

Introduce of an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 18, 2021. Credit: United Launch Alliance
The December 6 launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket bring the Department of Defenses (DOD) Space Test Program 3 (STP-3) mission has been scrubbed. The group repaired the ground storage system however will require additional time to confirm the sample stability of the fuel prior to tanking operations. Introduce of the objective– which hosts NASAs Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and the NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Ultraviolet Spectro-Coronagraph (UVSC) Pathfinder– is now arranged for Tuesday, December 7, at 4:04 a.m. EST
. NASA television live launch protection will start around 35 minutes prior to launch on December 7, at 3:30 a.m. EST:
https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive