{"id":16004,"date":"2015-10-08T18:50:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T10:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-californias-predawn-liftoff-of-atlas-5-rocket\/"},"modified":"2015-10-08T18:50:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T10:50:59","slug":"photos-californias-predawn-liftoff-of-atlas-5-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-californias-predawn-liftoff-of-atlas-5-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: California\u2019s predawn liftoff of Atlas 5 rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making its second launch in just six days, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight blasted off Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: Gene Blevins\/LA Daily News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO0.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO0\" width=\"720\" height=\"470\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO0.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO0-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO1.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO1\" width=\"303\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO1.jpg 303w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO1-126x300.jpg 126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO3.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO3\" width=\"469\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO3.jpg 469w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO3-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO2.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO2\" width=\"525\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO2-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO4.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO4\" width=\"482\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO4.jpg 482w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO4-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO5.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO5\" width=\"377\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO5.jpg 377w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO5-157x300.jpg 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO6.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO6\" width=\"366\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO6.jpg 366w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO6-153x300.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO7.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO7\" width=\"345\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO7.jpg 345w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO7-144x300.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO8.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO8\" width=\"424\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO8.jpg 424w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO8-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO9.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO9\" width=\"362\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO9.jpg 362w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO9-151x300.jpg 151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO10.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO10\" width=\"425\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO10.jpg 425w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO10-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO13.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO13\" width=\"530\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO13.jpg 530w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO13-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO11.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO11\" width=\"406\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO11.jpg 406w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO11-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO14.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO14\" width=\"720\" height=\"618\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO14.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO14-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO15.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO15\" width=\"379\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO15.jpg 379w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO15-158x300.jpg 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO16.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO16\" width=\"720\" height=\"602\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO16.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO16-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO17.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO17\" width=\"720\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO17.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO17-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO18.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO18\" width=\"720\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO18.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO18-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO20.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO20\" width=\"453\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO20.jpg 453w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO20-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO21.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO21\" width=\"720\" height=\"536\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO21.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO21-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO21-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO22.jpg\" alt=\"ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO22\" width=\"720\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO22.jpg 720w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATLAS-LAUNCH-NRO22-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p>See earlier NROL-55 coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making its second launch in just six days, a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flight blasted off Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Photo Credit: Gene Blevins\/LA Daily News See earlier NROL-55 coverage. Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[724,3901,25,848,3933,290,750],"class_list":["post-16004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-atlas-5","tag-av-058","tag-launch","tag-national-reconnaissance-office","tag-noss","tag-nro","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}