On Thursday , the Atlas V rocket successfully carried a Modern spy satellite into the celestial orbit . The arugula continues a bowed stringed instrument of nearly 600 successful launches since the gyre - out the Atlas program . The payload is a new satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office .
United Launch Alliance successfully launch the Atlas pentad rocket out of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida yesterday good afternoon . The payload was a new spy satellite , National Reconnaissance Office ’s NROL-67 . This keep the stripe of 100 % successful launches since the rocket was introduce in August 2002 .
picture taking credit : United Launch Alliance . Ca n’t get enough gorgeous launching photos?Neither can we .
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