Atlas 5 secret rocket launch

Ok, maybe it wasn’t a very secret launch, but its payload was.
“The inaugural launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base occurred as scheduled this morning, thundering skyward at 3:02 a.m. local time (6:02 a.m. EDT) carrying a classified national security satellite.” — Spaceflight Now
I went outside last night around 3am [...]

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