US Government Launches $1 Billion Spy Satellite Into Space

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This week the US government Launched a $1 Billion spy satallite that is capable of “distinguish the make and model of an automobile hundreds of miles below”

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By JG Vibes
Intellihub.com
August 25, 2013

This Wednesday a giant rocket was launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying a billion dollar spy satellite.  Very few details about the satellite are known because the project is classified, however, it has been admitted that the satellite has a very high powered camera that can identify people from its orbit in space.
CNN reported that ‘It’s one of two launches the top-secret National Reconnaissance Office has on the books for late 2013, NRO Director Betty Sapp told a congressional committee in April.”[1]
The satellite is “a $1-billion high-powered spy satellite capable of snapping pictures detailed enough to distinguish the make and model of an automobile hundreds of miles below,” the Los Angeles Times reported.”[2]
“We are truly honored to deliver this critical asset to orbit,” said Jim Sponnick, United Launch Alliance vice president for the Atlas and Delta programs. “The ULA Delta 4 Heavy is currently the world’s largest rocket, providing the nation with reliable, proven heavy-lift capability for our country’s national security payloads from both the east and west coasts.”[3]
Sources:
[1] Spy satellite launched into orbit – CNN
[2] Monster rocket to blast off from Pacific coast, rattle Southland - Los Angeles Times
[3] America’s biggest rocket launches top-secret spy satellite - CNN

Writer Bio:

JG Vibes is an Intellihub.com investigative journalist, staff writer and editor. He is also the author of “Alchemy of the Modern Renaissance”, an 87 chapter e-book and is an artist with an established record label.