ULA NROL-101

4 minute exposure of a classified NROL-101 payload launching aboard an Atlas V-531 on November 13th, 2020.

This is the first flight of Atlas V with the GEM63 solid rocket booster. ULA aims to build flight experience before the GEM63XL fly on Vulcan as early as next year. (245.9 megapixel panorama)

Super-telephoto view of the upper ECS (environmental control system) duct after repair on Nov 4th, 2020.

Super-telephoto view of the upper ECS (environmental control system) duct before repair on Nov 2nd, 2020.

394.7 megapixel panorama of the Atlas V 531 with the NROL-101 payload at SLC-41

An Atlas V 531 rocket with the NROL-101 payload on the launch pad at SLC-41 before returning to the Vertical Integration Facility for additional payload environmental control system repairs/checkouts.