Rocket: Delta 4-Heavy made by ULA
Payload: NROL-49
Date: Jan. 20, 2011
Time: 1:08 p.m. PST (4:08 p.m. EST)
Site: SLC-6, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
Feed: AMC 1, Transp. 9, C-band, 103° West

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