Solar Orbiter ULA Atlas V Booster and Centaur Stage Arrival via

The United Launch Alliance cargo vessel, Rocketship, is docked at Florida’s Port Canaveral on Nov. 21, 2019, after arriving with the Atlas V booster and Centaur upper stage that will launch the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Once offloaded, the booster was transported to the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center and the Centaur was transported to a separate facility, both at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Solar Orbiter is a European Space Agency mission with strong NASA participation. The mission aims to study the Sun, its outer atmosphere and solar winds. The spacecraft will provide the first images of the Sun’s poles. NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy is managing the launch. Liftoff is scheduled for Feb. 5, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard the ULA Atlas V rocket.