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Minotaur soars with military payload

A Minotaur 1 rocket blasted off from the Virginia coast at 11:09 p.m. EDT Wednesday with a tactical spy satellite for the U.S. military.

Photo credit: Thom Baur/Orbital Sciences Corp.
 

Photo credit: Thom Baur/Orbital Sciences Corp.
 

Photo credit: Thom Baur/Orbital Sciences Corp.
 

Photo credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
 

Photo credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
 

Photo credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility