Message posted by Peter Merlin on January 20, 2011 at 23:46:28 PST:

Tony Moore and I went to Vandenberg for the launch. We had a prime view from the northern part of the base.

The all liquid-fueled rocket made a stately departure, much slower than the old Titan IVs with their solid-fuel boosters. The Delta IV-Heavy was a lot quieter, too.

Some analysts believe that the payload was a KH-11/KH-12-type electro-optical imagery satellite.

In Reply to: NROL launch posted by 9thLife on January 20, 2011 at 13:28:21 PST:

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