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Photos: Spectacular start to Delta 4-Heavy’s satellite deployment mission

June 12, 2016 Justin Ray

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket fired away from Cape Canaveral at 1:51 p.m. EDT Saturday to deploy a covert surveillance satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images

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  • SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
    September 25, 2025
  • ULA launches third batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral
    September 25, 2025
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  • NRO, SpaceX launch reconnaissance satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Sunday sunrise Falcon 9 flight
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