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A United Launch Alliance Delta IV heavy rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload launches from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., April 26, 2021. The United Launch Alliance is a joint venture between private space companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

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