{"id":14959,"date":"2017-09-25T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14959"},"modified":"2017-09-25T15:33:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:33:07","slug":"video-atlas-v-launches-spysat-from-vandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14959","title":{"rendered":"Video: Atlas V launches spysat from Vandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early Sunday morning, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Launch Alliance<\/a> sent the US spysat NROL-42 into orbit with an Atlas V rocket blasting off from Vandenberg AFB in California. Here is a nice photo taken during the launch by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dosgatos.com\/astroindex.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Galv\u00e1n III<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14960\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14960\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14960\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,722\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Anthony Galv\\u00e1n III&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Atlas V launch from Vandenberg AFB, California, 9\/23\/17 @22:55 hr.\\r\\rNROL-42 mission\\r\\rImage made from Goleta, California, 50 miles SE of the launch site.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1506207041&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Anthony Galv\\u00e1n III&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;64.9&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Atlas V succesfully launched with National Reconnaissance Office payload 42.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Atlas V succesfully launched with National Reconnaissance Office payload 42.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Atlas V launch from Vandenberg AFB, California, 9\/23\/17 @22:55 hr.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;NROL-42 mission&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Image made from Goleta, California, 50 miles SE of the launch site.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14960\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9-23-17-AtlasV-NROL42-AnthonyGalvan.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Atlas V launch from Vandenberg AFB, California, 9\/23\/17 @22:55 hr.\u00a0NROL-42 mission\u00a0Image made from Goleta, California, 50 miles SE of the launch site.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is a ULA video with highlights of the preparations for the mission and of the launch:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eWmEjmDhGqA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=mp3&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=e925371d9a71da991024e906063e8170&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Sunday morning, United Launch Alliance sent the US spysat NROL-42 into orbit with an Atlas V rocket blasting off from Vandenberg AFB in California. Here is a nice photo taken during the launch by\u00a0Anthony Galv\u00e1n III: Here is a ULA video with highlights of the preparations for the mission and of the launch: &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14959\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Atlas V launches spysat from Vandenberg<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eyes-in-the-sky","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3Th","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5560,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5560","url_meta":{"origin":14959,"position":0},"title":"Photo of Atlas V rocket launch","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a photo provided by\u00a0Anthony Galv\u00e1n\u00a0of the\u00a0launch last night of a\u00a0spysat\u00a0on a ULA\u00a0Atlas V 501 rocket\u00a0from Vandenberg AFB in California:\u00a0Atlas Launch Report | Government spy satellite rockets into space on Atlas 5 - Spaceflight Now \u00a0\u00a9 Anthony Galv\u00e1n III. 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