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Air Force

ULA Successfully Launches NRO Payload

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 1st, 2017

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ULA Successfully Launches NRO Payload

Atlas V rocket lifting off with NRO payload from Vandenberg, AFB on March 1. Photo: 30th Space Wing

United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Wednesday successfully lofted a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) aboard an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Vandenberg AFB, Calif.The NROL-79 mission is in support of national defense, ULA said. ULA is a joint venture of Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT].The payload was launched at 9:50 a.m. PST aboard an Atlas V EELV 401 configuration vehicle, which includes a 4-meter diameter extended payload fairing. ULA said the Atlas booster for the…

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