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Delta IV Rocket Blasts Off from California with U.S. Spy Satellite

January 12, 2018January 15, 2018 Patrick Blau 5229 Views NRO, NROL-47, Topaz, Vandenberg

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket thundered off from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday on classified government business, lifting the secret NROL-47 satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office to replenish the U.S. spy satellite fleet.