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Two were allocated to USSF-51 and ViaSat-3 EMEA: Immortal, wisest, and fairest of all payloads,

Seven for the Starliners, greatly delayed clusterf*cks of the Boeing halls,

And eight... eight launches remain for Project Kuiper, (Jeff) Who above all else, desires power.

For within these rockets was bound the thrust and delta-v to govern each orbit.

But they were all of them deceived. For another rocket was made...

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[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Launch thread here: https://sh.itjust.works/post/6647570

This was the final launch of the 501 variant of the Atlas V. The 501 has a 5-meter fairing, 0 strap-on SRBs, and 1 Centaur engine on the upper stage.