UPDATE: The weather forecast has improved for tonight's launch. The 45th Space Wing's Weather Squadron shows a 70 percent chance of conditions suitable for launch today, up for 60 percent earlier.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying the Global Wideband SATCOM-2 spacecraft, is slated to take off at 8:31 p.m. tonight.
The 192-foot rocketis carrying an advanced military communications satellite called Wideband Global SATCOM-2, or WGS-2, which will assist troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It will lift off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The launch window extends until 9:33 p.m.
Check back for weather updates.
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IMAGE NOTE: At 9 a.m. yesterday, 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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