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Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-009)
Payload: NROL-30
Date: June 15, 2007
Time: 11:12 a.m. EDT (1512 GMT)
Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Broadcast: Galaxy 25 (formerly IA5), Transponder 23, C-band, 97° West

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Atlas 5 rocket on the pad for NROL-30
Posted: June 14, 2007

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket stands atop the Complex 41 pad at Cape Canaveral in preparation for liftoff on a classified mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. These images were taken on the evening of June 13, following the rocket's rollout to the pad.

Photo credit: Karl Ronstrom/ULA






Photo credit: Karl Ronstrom/ULA
 

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