Delta IV-Heavy Launch Vehicle Taking Off
A Delta IV-Heavy Launch Vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, November 21, 2010. The rocket carried a satellite which, according to the National Reconnaissance Office director Bruce Carlson, is "the largest satellite in the world." Details of the mission remain classified, but it is likely an Orion/Mentor satellite; these have very large (estimated at 100 meters in diameter) radio reflecting dishes.
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