Blastoff! US spy satellite launches atop Minotaur 1 rocket

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 rocket launched the NROL-111 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0B at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on June 15, 2021. Credit: NASA Wallops