New American Spy Satellite Launches on Classified Mission

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 15:22 in Astronomy & Space

The NROL-79 satellite launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 12:49 p.m. EST (1749 GMT) today, rising off a pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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