2019-094

AtlasV/N22

USA

The Atlas V rocket was moved from a holding bay at ULA′s Atlas Spaceflight Operation Center (ASOC) and hauled horizontally by semi-truck nearly four miles to LC 41 Vertical Integration Facility (VIF). Photo: ULA.

ULA hoisting the Atlas V rocket upright at their Vertical Integration Facility at LC-41, for Boeing′s uncrewed Starliner Orbital Flight Test as soon as Dec 17. Photo: ULA

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett.

The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at SLC 41 at Florida′s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 21, 2019.

CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is guided into position above the Atlas 5 rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility. Credit: NASA/Cory Huston.

CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop the Atlas 6 rocket. Credit: NASA/Cory Huston

Atlas V rocket with Starliner crew capsule rolls out of the Vertical Integration Facility. Credit: United Launch Alliance

Atlas V ready for launch.

Launch vehicle:	Atlas V/N22
Launch vehicle ID:	AV-080
Payload:	Starliner OFT
Launch date:	20 Dec 2019
Launch site:	CC, LC41

Description:

The 16.5-foot-tall (5-meter) capsule emerged from its factory around 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT) Thursday to begin a journey of several miles to United Launch Alliance′s Vertical Integration Facility near pad 41, where the spacecraft was hoisted atop an Atlas 5 rocket.
The fully-stacked Atlas 5 with the Starliner spacecraft stands 172 feet (52.4 meters) tall. It′s a new configuration for the Atlas 5 with a dual-engine Centaur upper stage and no payload fairing, a structure used to shield satellites during launch.
The Atlas 5 configuration is designated the “N22” because it has no payload fairing, two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and two RL10 engines on its Centaur upper stage.

Ref.: #12, #127, #308 - update: 08.05.20

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