News Archive / Tagged: NROL-42
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Gallery: Atlas V roars spaceward with secret NROL-42 payload
Derek RichardsonSeptember 25th, 2017VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Launching into the dark West Coast night was a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Carried by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, the NROL-42 mission lifted away from Space Launch Complex 3 at 1:49 a.m. EDT (05:49 GMT) Sept. 24, 2017.
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ULA Atlas V NROL-42 scheduled for Sept. 14
Jason RhianAugust 31st, 2017United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently announced that it is currently planning on launching the NROL-42 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-3 (SLC-3) in California. At present, the mission is slated for launch on Sept. 14 of this year (2017).