Tag: NROL-61
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Mystery payload for spy satellite agency launching aboard next Atlas 5
The NROL-61 poster. Credit: United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL — United Launch Alliance is preparing an Atlas 5 rocket to boost an undercover satellite into orbit for national security later this month. Details are scarce and informed speculation is nonexistent in the lead up to launching the clandestine NROL-61 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance…
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New lineup spelled out for upcoming Atlas 5 rocket launches from the Cape
The most recent Atlas 5 arcs to orbit over the next Delta 4-Heavy rocket. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — The revised Atlas 5 rocket firing order includes two national security missions this summer before launching NASA’s daring asteroid sampler mission in September as originally planned. That’s the schedule the United Launch Alliance managers have devised…