美国发射史上最大间谍卫星发射 图片集

核心提示:美国国家侦察局21日宣布，美国东部时间当天17时58分，美空军在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角空

军基地成功发射了一颗新的间谍卫星。

人民网洛杉矶11月22日电（记者陈一鸣） 据美联社报道，美国国家侦察局21日宣布，美国东部时间当天

17时58分，美空军在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角空军基地成功发射了一颗新的间谍卫星。

　　报道说，这颗卫星是用“德尔塔—4”重型运载火箭发射升空的，美国国家侦察局将该卫星称为“世

界上最大的卫星”。报道没有透露任何其他细节。

　　因为火箭技术故障，这颗卫星在过去几个月中被数度推迟发射。该卫星的上一次预定发射时间是19

日，但火箭在添加燃料时再次出现故障。

2010-11-23 09:39来源：中央电视台 人民网

US military says they've launched largest spy satellite

The Delta IV Heavy rocket is said to contain the largest ever spy satellite.

The US military launched what is billed as its largest-ever spy satellite on Sunday.

 A Delta IV Heavy rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:58 pm on Sunday, carrying what an Air Force press release called a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

 While the Air Force did not give further detail on the mission, Bruce Carlson, director of the NRO, said in a September 13 speech that his agency would be putting “the largest satellite in the world” aboard a Delta rocket for a launch from Cape Canaveral this fall.

The NRO “designs, builds and operates the nation's reconnaissance satellites” and services the satellite intelligence needs of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Department, according to the agency's website.

 "This mission helps to ensure that vital NRO resources will continue to bolster our national defense," said Brig.  Gen. Ed Wilson, commander of the 45th Space Wing, which was in charge of the launch.