Get tuned for Monday afternoon as we conduct a test mission in 321 LAUNCH, our optimized spaceflight application using reality, before this week's launch by United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Air Base.

Starting at 2:30 pm, you can follow live on your smartphone while testing the stability of the application and its three main components: a full view of the rocket Atlas V in AR mode, updates in live and live video. We will target 15 hours for the takeoff simulacrum.

The test mission will simulate what should happen late Tuesday night as ULA and the Air Force aim to take off atlas V with the Atlas V aircraft with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency 4 military communications satellite. Today's test does not replace us for this mission – we will also continue to live for it.

321 LAUNCH uses the cameras available in smartphones and tablets to capture everything around you while dropping spaceflight – in this case, launch pads at Cape Canaveral Air Base – on any flat surface . Tables, floors, books and even a pizza – as long as it's flat, the application renders the high-definition 3D models of launch pads and the Atlas V rocket for you to learn, explore and ultimately , to follow live on the fly. the Space Coast.

The application is compatible with iOS (download here) and Android devices (download here) and is free. Note that it requires newer and more powerful smartphones – a compatibility list is available below.

Contact Emre Kelly at [email protected] or 321-242-3715. Follow on Twitter and Facebook on @EmreKelly.

Launch Wednesday:

• Rocket: ULA Atlas V
• Mission: the AEHF-4 satellite of the Air Force
• Launch time: 12:15
• Launch window: 2:15
• Launching Complex: 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base
• Landing: none
• Weather: 80 percent "go"

Join FloridaToday.com/Space/ for countdown updates and chat at 11:30 pm. Tuesday, including webcast of the ULA launch webcast starting approximately 20 minutes before takeoff.

How to download 321 LAUNCH:

Find the free 321 LAUNCH app in the Apple App Store or in Google Play for Android devices.

Version 1.1 of the application now supports the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket in all its configurations. If you already have the application, be sure to update it with the latest version.

List of system requirements:

Apple: iPhone 6S or newer; Fifth generation iPad (2017) or newer. All require iOS 11 and later.

Android AR capabilities are limited to specific models running Nougat 7.0 and later. See the full list at developers.google.com/ar/discover/.

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