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Title: Spy Satellite In Orbit Thanks To Colorado’s United Launch Alliance
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 12, 2016, 03:25:42 pm

Spy Satellite In Orbit Thanks To Colorado’s United Launch Alliance
CBS4 Denver  June 11, 2016 7:11 PM



CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBS4) – A government spy satellite has been launched into orbit thanks to a rocket partly built in Colorado.


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The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.


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United Launch Alliance’s Delta Four rocket is the most powerful rocket used in the United States. It weighs more than 1.5 million pounds.


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It was only the ninth time the rocket has launched. The liftoff happened two days after bad weather forced crews to postpone.

United Launch Alliance is based in Centennial.


http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/06/11/spy-satellite-orbit-united-launch-alliance/ (http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/06/11/spy-satellite-orbit-united-launch-alliance/)