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US launches 2 spy satellites for surveillance over foreign spacecraft

United Launch Alliance (ULA) - a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, launched the rocket
United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite onboard, moments after the launch gantry was moved at the Space Launch Complex Two, of the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA, 30 June 2014 EPA/NASA/Bill Ingalls HANDOUT
United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite onboard, moments after the launch gantry was moved at the Space Launch Complex Two, of the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA, 30 June 2014
© EPA/NASA/Bill Ingalls HANDOUT