The Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its late-night ascent to deploy the NROL-42 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Credit: Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now
See earlier NROL-42 coverage.
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