United Launch Alliance is once again preparing to send a classified payload into space for the National Reconnaissance Office.
- ULA will launch satellite for NRO aboard Atlas V rocket
- Lauch set for Thursday at 8:37 a.m.
- Weather conditions remain 80 percent favorable
An Atlas V rocket will launch Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the NROL-61 satellite.
- SPACE: Launch schedule
The one-hour launch window is expected to open at 8:37 a.m.
The forecast shows an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions for the launch, according to the 45th Weather Squadron.
The rocket was rolled from the Vertical Integration Facility onto the pad at Space Launch Complex-41 Tuesday morning.