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Minotaur Spotted In Virginia
June 15th 9:35 AM Est from Wallops Flight Facility Virginia, a Minotaur I rocket lifted off carrying three top secret payloads for the NRO
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Antares NG-15 Launches from the Virginia Coast
Named “Katherine Johnson” after the famous NASA mathematician the Antares rocket with Cygnus spacecraft for NG-15 has left Earth to rendezvous with the ISS.
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Atlas V Lifts NROL-101
FEATURED IMAGE: Atlas V en route to delivering NROL-101 to orbit. (Image credit: Derek Wise/Next Horizons Spaceflight) CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – On November 13, at 5:32 pm EST (2232 UTC), ULA launched a spy satellite for the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) which operates the national fleet of spy satellites. ULA has worked with NRO and…
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US Department of Defense Launches Spy Mission on Minotaur Rocket
FEATURED IMAGE: NROL-129 ascends from MARS on Wallops Island, VA. (Image credit: Next Horizons Spaceflight/Kyle Montgomery) WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA – The United States Space Force and Department of Defense launches a set of spy satellites, NROL-129, this morning aboard a Minotaur IV rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), in Wallops Island, Virginia. The Minotaur…
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