Rocket: Atlas 5
Payload: NROL-36
Date: Sept. 13, 2012
Period: 1:45 to 4:15 p.m. local
Site: SLC-3E, Vandenberg AFB, California
Feed: AMC 1, Transp. 15, C-band, 103° West

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