Remembering NROL-1
by terranovabay
The last Atlas 2AS rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:17 p.m. on 31 August 2004 carrying an undisclosed national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Manufacture of the Atlas 2 was discontinued and the inventory run out in favor of the new and more powerful Atlas V rocket. Click to view the expanded launch gallery.
Categories: Space Age Bulletins • Tags: Atlas 2AS, Atlas V, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 36A, LC 36A, Lockheed Martin, National Reconnaissance Office, NROL-1
