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Launch Photos: Secret US Spy Satellite NROL-38 Blasts Off

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Spy Satellite NROL-38 Launches: June 20, 2012

Credit: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches the classified NROL-38 spy satellite into orbit from Space Launch Complex-41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 20, 2012. Liftoff occurred at 8:28 a.m. EDT. The national security satellite will be used by the National Reconnaissance Office.