Monday, November 22, 2010

Latest National Reconnaissance Satellite Launched Into Space



Air Force Launches Massive, Secret Spy Satellite -- CBS News

Delta 4 Rocket Blasts Off With U.S. Spy Agency's "Largest Satellite in the World" - Believed to be 328 Feet Wide.

A powerful Delta 4 rocket roared to life and climbed away from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Sunday evening on a high-priority mission to boost a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite into orbit.

Under a cloudy sky, the hydrogen-fueled engines in the three common core boosters of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 ignited with a rush of orange fire at 5:58 p.m. EST and quickly throttled up to nearly 2 million pounds of thrust.

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More News On The Launch Of The National Reconnaissance Office's Latest Spy Satellite

'Eavesdropper' satellite rides huge rocket from Florida -- BBC
U.S. military says they've launched largest spy satellite -- CNN
Top secret U.S. 'eavesdropping' satellite blasted into space on back of 235ft rocket -- The Daily Mail
US launches giant eavesdropping satellite -- AFP
Delta IV Blasts Off with NRO Satellite -- Aviation Week
U.S. Delta IV rocket with secret satellite blasts off -- RIA Novosti
ULA And US Air Force Launch NRO Satellite -- Space Daily
Spy satellite called world’s largest -- Air Force Times

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