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Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

October 2, 2017

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral at 3:28 a.m. EDT (0728 GMT) today to place a classified surveillance satellite into space for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Follow the ascent in our live journal.

Preview: Atlas 5 to execute another space-lift mission for U.S. spy satellite agency

October 2, 2017

An early bird rocket launch from the Florida spaceport will take to the skies before dawn Thursday when an Atlas 5 lofts a classified U.S. government satellite.

Photos: NROL-52 payload mounted atop Atlas 5 booster

October 2, 2017

his photo gallery shows the classified National Reconnaissance Office payload, already encapsulated in the 14-foot-diameter nose cone, being lifted atop the United Launch Alliance Atlas-Centaur rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility.

Fact sheet: Atlas 5 rocket to launch the NROL-52 mission from Cape Canaveral

October 1, 2017

This is our comprehensive fact sheet previewing the United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket deployment of the classified NROL-52 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.

NRO payload paired with Atlas 5 rocket for another national security launch

September 26, 2017

A payload critical to the nation was mounted atop its Atlas 5 rocket this morning in preparation for next week’s launch into orbit.