Boeing Orbital Flight Test Launch (NHQ201912200002)

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Boeing Orbital Flight Test Launch (NHQ201912200002)

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The uncrewed Orbital Flight Test launched at 6:36 a.m. EST and is Starliner’s maiden mission to the International Space Station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities.

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20/12/2019
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Kennedy Space Center, 28.57287, -80.64898
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