Photos: Spectacular start to Delta 4-Heavy’s satellite deployment mission

June 12, 2016

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket fired away from Cape Canaveral at 1:51 p.m. EDT Saturday to deploy a covert surveillance satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images

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