Space.com Blastoff! US Spy Satellite Launches Atop Atlas V Rocket | Video 1 March 2017 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: The United Launch Alliance rocket launched the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-79 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on March 1, 2017. from Space.com bit.ly/2lX1Zpt Share: