Editor's note: ULA confirmed at 10:15 a.m. that the Atlas V and spacecraft were securely positioned on the launch pad. The weather forecast for Friday's planned 8:31 p.m. launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has improved.
The Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron now expects a 60 percent chance of favorable launch conditions Friday, up from 40 percent forecasted the day before.
Around 9 a.m. today, the 192-foot rocket is expected to roll out of its processing tower to Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The rocket is carrying an advanced military communications satellite called Wideband Global SATCOM-2, or WGS-2, which will assist troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The launch window extends until 9:33 p.m.
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You can read this morning's weather forecast here.
IMAGE NOTE: At 9 a.m. today, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-2 satellite rolled out to the Launch Complex 41 launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Atlas V is now poised to launch WGS-2 on Friday with a targeted launch window of 8:31-9:33 p.m. EDT. Photo credit: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance.
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