On Saturday, the United States launched a spy satellite belonging to the US National Reconnaissance Office into orbit aboard the Etihad Delta 4 heavy rocket.
The NROL-91 spy satellite lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Station in Santa Barbara County, California at 3:25 p.m. local time on Saturday.
This is the last launch of Delta 4 from the West Coast, and additional launches from Florida were planned before Delta is replaced by Vulcan Centaur rockets, the next-generation Delta Alliance.
Delta IV Heavy was first launched in December 2004, marking the 387th flight of a Delta rocket since 1960 and the 95th and final launch from Vandenberg.
The National Reconnaissance Administration is the government agency responsible for developing, building, launching, and maintaining United States spy satellites that provide intelligence data to policymakers, the intelligence community, and the Department of Defense.
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