Photos: Atlas 5 rocket powers NROL-52 payload to space

The Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral for its pre-dawn ascent to deploy the NROL-52 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Credit: United Launch Alliance

See earlier NROL-52 coverage.

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