A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Dec. 12 at 1919 PST. Designated NROL-35, the mission is in support of national defense.
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched the Yamal-401 satellite into geosynchronous orbit on an ILS Proton for JSC Gazprom Space Systems (Gazprom) of Moscow. This was the landmark 400th mission for the Proton launch vehicle since its first flight in 1965.
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