An Atlas V stands on Space Launch Complex-3 during its mobile servicing tower rollback on March 12. The Atlas launched at 3:01 PDT March 13 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. It carried a National Reconnaissance Office payload and was the first Atlas V to launch from the West Coast.


An Atlas V stands on Space Launch Complex-3 during its mobile servicing tower rollback on March 12. The Atlas launched at 3:01 PDT March 13 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. It carried a National Reconnaissance Office payload and was the first Atlas V to launch from the West Coast.


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