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ULA launches ViaSat-3 following valve replacement on Atlas 5 rocket


ULA launches ViaSat-3 following valve replacement on Atlas 5 rocket United Launch Alliance launched its Atlas 5 rocket Thursday night, which carried a communications satellite for California-based communications company, Viasat. The launch came a week after the mission was scrubbed due to a faulty liquid oxygen tank vent valve on the Atlas booster. ULA rolled the rocket back to the Vertical Integration Facility about third of a mile away, replaced it with a new valve and returned the rocket to the pad on Nov. 12.   More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 14)

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