The NROL-79 reconnaissance satellite launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on March 1, 2017, rising into the skies above California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. See photos of NROL ...

A new American satellite soared into Earth orbit today (March 1), kicking off a reconnaissance mission that's shrouded in secrecy. The NROL-79 satellite launched into space atop a two-stage United ...

March 2 (UPI) --The United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket carried a classified satellite known as NROL-79 ...

The NROL-79 satellite launched into space atop a two-stage United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket at 12:49 p.m. EST (1749 GMT) today, rising off a pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.