A Delta IV rocket lifts NROL-27, a classified satellite, into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office at 6:38 p.m. on 11 March 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The images show the rocket on the pad, liftoff, streaking to orbit, and the exhaust cloud being pulled apart by high altitude winds in the last golden rays of the setting Sun.
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