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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 launches on NROL-30 mission

The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifts off at 11:12 a.m. EDT June 15 from the Complex 41 pad at Cape Canaveral on a classified mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/ULA

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Photo credit: Pat Corkery/ULA
 


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