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NRO payload

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- A Titan IV B rocket takes off from here Sept. 9. The rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office payload into orbit. The classified payload will help enhance national security for the United States and support deployed forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carleton Bailie)
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Delta launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- A Delta IV rocket lifts off from here Aug. 29. A Defense Satellite Communication System was placed into orbit by the rocket. It was the last of the system to be launched. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carleton Bailie)
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Delta II launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility launched from here Aug. 25 at 1:35 a.m. EDT aboard a Delta II launch vehicle. The facility will use infrared detectors to pierce the dusty darkness enshrouding many of the universe's distant objects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carleton Bailie)
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LGM-30 Minuteman III

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An LGM-30 Minuteman III missile soars in the air after a test launch. The Minuteman is a strategic weapon system using a ballistic missile of intercontinental range. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Membrane mirror

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- An artist concept shows a thin-film membrane mirror, at right, in a folded configuration so it can fit aboard a rocket and then opened in space as shown at left. Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory's directed energy directorate here have produced a 1-meter-diameter (about 3.25-feet), optical-quality membrane mirror. Their goal is to produce a lightweight 10-meter membrane mirror, which could be used as part of a space-based telescope. (Courtesy graphic)
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Blast off

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A ground-based interceptor prototype booster successfully launched from here Aug. 16, supporting the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program of the Missile Defense Agency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bruce Dzitko)
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Lift off for Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFPN) -- An Air Force Delta II rocket carrying a Mars rover vehicle lifts off from here June 10. The rover is expected to reach Mars in January. (Courtesy photo)
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