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		Rocket: Minotaur 1 Payload: NROL-66 Date: Feb. 6, 2011 Time: 4:26 a.m. local (7:26 a.m. EST) Site: SLC-8, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Mission Status Center Launch story Preview story Photos: Minotaur rocket streaks into space Photos: Rocket assembled and tested Our Minotaur archive

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Minotaur rocket streaks into the sky
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: February 6, 2011

A Minotaur 1 rocket lifts off with a classified technology trailblazer for U.S. spy satellites. Launch occurred at 4:26 a.m. local time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News

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