The launch of the Atlas V launch vehicle with a communications satellite from the US Space Forces was postponed to December 6 due to a fuel leak in a ground storage facility. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) consortium.
The launch of Atlas V with the military satellite STPSat-6 was supposed to take place on December 5 from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral (Florida). During preparation, a leak was identified in the ground-based propellant storage system. The rocket will launch on December 6 at 04:04 US East Coast time (12:04 Moscow time).
The military satellite STPSat-6, which will be launched into orbit by the Atlas V rocket, is equipped with infrared lasers. The device is designed to receive and transmit data from orbit to Earth.
