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Our Starliner team continues to press toward a launch readiness date later this spring. We recently cleared the last major test milestones ahead of our uncrewed test flight, and are entering the final phases of production on our Orbital Flight Test vehicle. However, we have only a two-day launch window available in May before we must clear the launch pad to allow for an on-time launch of the U.S. Air Force's AEHF-5 mission. In order to avoid unnecessary schedule pressure, not interfere with a critical national security payload, and allow appropriate schedule margin to ensure the Boeing, United Launch Alliance and NASA teams are able to perform a successful first launch of Starliner, we made the most responsible decision available to us and will be ready for the next launch pad availability in August, while still allowing for a Crew Flight Test later this year.
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