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NRO Satellite Launched Aboard Delta 4 Rocket

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) last week launched a second classified spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office from a launch pad at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the company said. A Delta 4 rocket carried the satellite into its polar orbit on Jan. 21, according to a statement released by ULA, which is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA]. The first of the two NRO satellite launches took place out of Cape Canaveral, Fla., late last year. "Today's…

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