benis rocket edition

WHEN: Friday, December 20 6:36 AM EST / 11:36:43 UTC
STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIDytLL734A
Probability of weather delay: 20%
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (East Coast)
Payload: Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner
Purpose: Orbital Flight Test for the commercial crew program
Payload Mass & Destination Orbit: ~13,000kg; LEO (docks with the ISS ~24hr after launch)
Mission Profile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYACbP8eH38
Press Kit: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/commercialcrew_press_kit.pdf
Stats: This is the first flight of a DEC in its Common Centaur configuration; the 81st launch of the Atlas V and ULA's 136th mission.

Learn more:
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/crew/index.html
http://www.boeing.com/space/starliner/launch/index.html