Delta IV rocket launching from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenburg Air Force Station, California, USA, on the 3rd April 2012. It is carrying a classi

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Delta IV rocket launching from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenburg Air Force Station, California, USA, on the 3rd April 2012. It is carrying a classified payload (NROL-25) for the US National Reconnaissance Office. This is the medium plus configuration of the rocket, which has the addition of two graphite-epoxy motors (white).

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Photo credit: © NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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