Launch of NROL-35 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. December 12, 2014. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance
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Powerful Atlas Launches Clandestine Satellite From California

The largest Atlas rocket to fly from California blasted off tonight on a successful mission to deliver the classified NROL-35 satellite to polar orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. Following a one day delay due to bad weather, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-541 lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 at 10:19 p.m. EST. “We […]