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WATCH IT AGAIN: ULA launches SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission from Florida

Payload launched for NRO, Space Force

ULA launches SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission from Florida. (ULA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – United Launch Alliance successfully sent its Atlas V rocket skyward Sunday morning from Cape Canaveral, carrying with it a payload meant to bolster U.S. “space domain awareness.”

The SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission lifted off at 8:47 a.m., leaving from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Originally scheduled for 8:51 a.m. Saturday, the launch was scrubbed “due to an issue found during a prelaunch ordnance circuit continuity check,” according to ULA.

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The 45th Weather Squadron had forecast a 90% chance the Cape would experience favorable weather conditions at launch time Sunday.

This mission is a collaboration of the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Space Force, according to ULA. The goal is to install a new space-based sensor in order to strengthen national space domain awareness, as well as indication and warning capabilities.

SILENTBARKER/NROL107 will strengthen the NRO’s ability to provide a wide range of timely intelligence information to national decision makers, warfighters and intelligence analysts to protect the nation’s vital interests and support humanitarian efforts worldwide.

United Launch Alliance: "ATLAS V TO LAUNCH SILENTBARKER/NROL-107"

Read further into the mission, the launch vehicle and more on ULA’s website.

Watch the launch again in the video player below:


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