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Second orbital flight test of Starliner Spacecraft in final preparations

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — United Launch Alliance announced Tuesday that the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is in its final stages  of preparations

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The launch, which is scheduled for July 30 at 2:53 p.m., will be the second Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station.

The uncrewed test will fly a “full mission profile” to test the capabilities of the spacecraft from pre-launch to docking and undocking to landing and recovery.

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The launch will be the second of three test flights planned for Starliner to the ISS.

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This will be the 88th launch of the Atlas V rocket and the 100th ULA launch from Space Launch Complex-41.

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Matt Reeser

Matt Reeser, WFTV.com

Matt Reeser joined WFTV in 1998 as a news photographer and has worked for television stations in Kentucky and West Virginia.