Atlas V Debuts at Vandenberg

Credit: WILLIAM G. HARTENSTEIN
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V was successful in its first West Coast launch at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., early on Mar. 13 on an estimated $600-million mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The 3:02 a.m. PDT launch initiated the refurbished and enlarged Space Launch Complex 3 for polar...

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