Rocket with secret satellite launched from Calif. Associated Press
Sep 21, 2010 1:38 AM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com//article/20100921/D9IC49RG1.html VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A rocket carrying classified satellite cargo has been successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's central coast. A release from the base says the Atlas 5 rocket carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office was launched Monday shortly after 9 p.m. No details about the satellite's orbit or capabilities were released. The launch was a project three years in the making by Vandenberg's 30th Space Wing, the United Launch Alliance and the NRO, which oversees the nation's constellation of spy satellites. -- ======================================== George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 Mail: antunes at uh dot edu _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
