By Unknown Thursday, June 30, 2011 nasa National Reconnaissance Office New Tactical Military Satellite Launched By The U.S. Air Force Air Force Rocket Launches New Tactical Military Satellite -- SpaceThe United States Air Force successfully launched a new battlefield reconnaissance satellite Wednesday night (June 29), a spacecraft designed to deliver fast and accurate images and information to American soldiers on the ground.The ORS-1 satellite blasted off atop a Minotaur 1 rocket at 11:09 p.m. EDT (0309 GMT) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Va. The rocket launch lit up the late-night sky, with reports of skywatchers seeing the Minotaur 1 rocket from hundreds of miles away, including sightings from New York City and Washington, D.C.Read more ....My Comment: More info on what is the ORS-1 satellite can be read here. Related Posts :Coming Out Of The ColdNRO Official Accused of Threatening WhistleblowersIs The NRO Illegally Collecting Personal Data?New U.S. Director To Head The National Reconnaissance OfficeNew Tactical Military Satellite Launched By The U.S. Air ForceNational Reconnaissance Office Turns 50Cold War Secrets Grab The Post URL URL: https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-tactical-military-satellite.html HTML link code: <a href="https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-tactical-military-satellite.html">bloggernizer: New Tactical Military Satellite Launched By The U.S. Air Force "clickable"</a> BB (forum) link code: [url=https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-tactical-military-satellite.html]bloggernizer: New Tactical Military Satellite Launched By The U.S. Air Force "clickable"[/url]