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Super Secret Spy Satellite Soars Spectacularly to Space on Delta 4 Heavy Booster

Posted July 01, 2012 5:45 PM

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An upgraded Delta 4 Heavy rocket and super secret spy satellite roar off pad 37 on June 29, 2012 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: Ken KremerA super secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) soared spectacularly to space today (June 29) aboard a Delta 4 Heavy Booster - America's most powerful rocket following the retirement of NASA's venerable Space Shuttle Orbiters.

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07/01/2012 9:18 PM

We were about 30 miles from the launch. It was pretty hazy where we were at, so the picture did not resolve the space vehicle very well, sorry to say.

After I pulled my camera and tripod back inside the roar from the engine was very prominent. I could hear it inside the house distinctly. Good launch.
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07/03/2012 7:18 AM

I'm about 50 miles away. I got a pretty good view of it. I heard and felt the rumble for about 10 minutes afterward. Longer and louder than when the shuttle goes up. The Delta 4 sure is a beast.
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07/01/2012 11:54 PM

If it's super secret, why are we reading about it?

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07/02/2012 3:44 AM

The secret is who went with it. Missing anyone? The president maybe?

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07/03/2012 5:53 AM

the golf course would be a better bet.

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07/02/2012 6:51 AM

Ha! It was probably a dummy. The real one was launched from Vandenberg AFB a day earlier.

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07/03/2012 7:20 AM

Hidden in plain sight?

"Move along. Nothing to see here. It is only a figment of your imagination"

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