Long-delayed NRO Satellite Launched from Vandenberg

摘要

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Sept. 13 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., after a delay of more than a month, the company announced. The NROL-36 mission was originally scheduled for Aug. 2 but had to be postponed due to a malfunction of launch monitoring data displays, according to U.S. Air Force Col.