Launch Photos: NROL-79 Spy Satellite Launches Atop Atlas V Rocket

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 13:31 in Astronomy & Space

The NROL-79 reconnaissance satellite launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on March 1, 2017, rising into the skies above California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. See photos of NROL-79 and its liftoff here.

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