Hush, Hush US Spy Satellite Blasts Off atop Milestone Atlas Rocket

Image Caption: Spy Satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office blasts off atop Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:28 a.m. EDT. Credit: Jeff Seibert/wired4space.comA top secret US national security Spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) roared mightily to space this morning (June 20) through picturesque layers of broken clouds an Atlas V rocket at 8:28 a.m. EDT (1228 GMT) from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.Basically nothing is publicly known about the specifications or mission of the vital payload, dubbed NROL-38, launched in support of America’s national defense.The classified mission entered a total news blackout and cutoff of the live webcast some five minutes after launch when (...)Read the rest of Hush, Hush US Spy Satellite Blasts Off atop Milestone Atlas Rocket (467 words)© Ken Kremer for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: Atlas V rocket, Delta 4, EELV, National Reconnaisance Office, NRO, NROL-38, spy satellites, United Launch Alliance, US Air force Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh