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Threat Tracking USAF Satellite Launching Nighttime Aug 25 on Cape Debut of Retired ICBM Minotaur Rocket: Watch Live

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Threat Tracking USAF Satellite Launching Nighttime Aug 25 on Cape Debut of Retired ICBM Minotaur Rocket: Watch Live

by Ken Kremer

An Orbital ATK Minotaur IV rocket carrying the ORS-5 USAF surveillance satellite is slated for its maiden liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida at 11:15 p.m. EDT on August 25, 2017. Credit: U.S. Air Force

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL — A gap filling space surveillance satellite that will track orbiting threats for the U.S. Air Force is set for an thrilling nighttime blastoff Friday, Aug. 25 on the maiden mission of the Minotaur IV rocket from Cape Canaveral that's powered by a retired Cold War-era ICBM missile.

The Orbital ATK Minotaur IV rocket carrying the ORS-5 tracking satellite for the USAF Operationally Responsive Space Office is targeting liftoff just before midnight Friday at 11:15 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-46 (SLC-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The ORS-5 mission marks the first launch of a Minotaur IV rocket from Cape Canaveral and the first use of SLC-46 since 1999.

The Minotaur IV is a five stage rocket is comprised of three stages of a decommissioned Cold War-era Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that has been modified to add two additional Orbital ATK Orion 38 solid rocket motors for the upper stages.

Being a night launch and the first of its kind will surely make for a spectacular sky show.

Its well worth your time if you can watch the Minotaur launch with your own eyeballs. It can be easily viewed from numerous local area beaches, parks, restaurants and more.

Watch the live broadcast on http://www.orbitalatk.com beginning approximately 20 minutes before the launch window opens.

Will be hosted by formed CNN space reporter John Zarrella

Minotaur IV ORS-5 mission patch

Minotaur IV ORS-5 Mission Trajectory. Credit: Orbital ATK

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Solar Eclipse in the Stratosphere

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SOLAR ECLIPSE IN THE STRATOSPHERE: You've seen pictures of the Great American Solar Eclipse from the ground, and maybe even from space.  But what about from the stratosphere? On August 21st, just as the Moon was about to pass in front of the sun, the students of Earth to Sky Calculus released a network of 11 space weather balloons from 5 states in the path of totality. More than 20 cameras were waiting in the stratosphere when the Moon's shadow arrived, and they captured some truly unique images. First-look photos are highlighted on today's edition of Spaceweather.com .

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Above: The inky-black shadow of the Moon blots out a 70-mile wide area in Wyoming/Nebraska during the Great American Solar Eclipse. Credit: Earth to Sky Calculus/Josh Stansfield.  [more]
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