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[b]Atlas V LVOS underway for first Starliner launch[/b] It is known as LVOS, a day that is celebrated in the life of every rocket destined to launch into space. [i][b]Above[/b]: The Starliner Orbital Flight Test booster arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 in Florida.[/i] (ULA) Today (Nov. 4) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, this special occasion is occurring for United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket that will launch Boeing's first CST-100 Starliner capsule on its historic Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station in December. Rocket engineers are fond of speaking in acronyms, but common folks can appreciate this event as the Launch Vehicle on Stand (LVOS) day, a milestone that officially begins the launch campaign and signals another mission is right around the corner. The name is a blend of phrases from our heritage combined at United Launch Alliance. The Atlas program called this event Booster on Stand (BOS) while the Delta program used Vehicle on Stand (VOS). Now it is simply LVOS. To accomplish LVOS for the Atlas V today, the common core booster first stage is being moved from the holding bay at the Atlas Spaceflight Operation Center (ASOC) and hauled horizontally by semi-truck nearly four miles to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) where it will be hoisted upright for placement aboard the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP).
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