A United Launch Alliance Delta IV carrying the NROL-25 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office lifts off from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
FIA Radar 2 (NROL-25), pass over Leiden - 5 April 2012
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Footage from two passes of the new spy satellite FIA Radar 2 (NROL-25, USA 234), shot from Leiden (the Netherlands) on 5 April 2012, two days after the launch of this classified satellite. WATEC 902H + Canon EF 2.0/35 mm lens
The fifth configuration of the Delta 4 rocket family marked its maiden flight Tuesday afternoon from Vandenberg Air Force Base in a mission to deliver a top-secret spy satellite to orbit. The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket, which stands some 20 stories high, blasted off at 23:12 UTC from Space Launch Complex-6 on South Base. Read more
A ULA Delta IV rocket is scheduled to launch the classified NROL-25 satellite from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, at 2230 GMT, 29th March, 2012.