Photos: NROL-15 Spy Satellite Launches Aboard Delta 4 Heavy Rocket

By Space.com Staff
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United Launch Alliance Upgraded Delta IV Heavy Rocket

Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket blasts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 29, 2012 with a secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. The launch placed the NROL-15 satellite into orbit.

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