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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 Mission Status Center Restricted hazard area Atlas 5 rocket info Cape's Complex 41 Atlas archive

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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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