The U.S. launched a new spy satellite
USA in the night from Wednesday to Thursday launched another military spy satellite, the goals and purposes that have not been announced. Unmanned launch vehicle Delta IV Heavy class started at 21:03 MSK from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a rocket is a "closed space payload, which will be injected into a polar orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office." It is not clear that it is for satellite was launched into orbit, but we know that it appears in the official data, as NROL-65. According to regulations, through open communication in the event of launch of spy satellites in the U.S. broadcast messages only the first few minutes. At this time, Broadcast conducted seven minutes, after which press comments were unavailable. Responsible for running the company United Launch Alliance, who oversees satellite launches Atlas and Delta. To run the unit used rocket Delta IV Heavy, established in 2004 and is the lifting of today. The last start was the 364-meters for missiles Delta. Devices Delta IV has eight times been used to launch a series of devices sekternyh NROL Note that although the Delta IV Heavy is the most difficult to date a rocket at NASA are working on the latest rocket giant. 92-meter rocket SLS (Space Launch System) should be in orbit up to 70 tons of cargo. First test runs SLS in 2017, production - in 2021.
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