A Minotaur IV rocket sent multiple classified payloads skyward for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (April 16).

Rocket repurposed from intercontinental ballistic missile launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California

Source: space
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