Milestone-setting 100th EELV rocket moves to launch pad for liftoff Saturday

The 100th rocket in America’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, the current fleet of boosters used by the nation to get its critical assets into space, was rolled to the pad this morning for a vital mission on Saturday. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will lift the GOES-R geostationary weather observatory into orbit for NASA and NOAA, departing Saturday during a one-hour window that opens at 5:42 p.m. EST (2242 GMT). At 10:56 a.m. EST (1556 GMT) today, the 197-foot-tall launcher was wheeled from its assembly building to the Complex 41 pad at Cape Canaveral aboard a mobile platform to begin final pre-flight preparations. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 19)