CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – United Launch Alliance is ready to launch one of its Atlas V workhorse rockets from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, offering a nice distraction from the ongoing ballot counting country-wide.ULA was slated to send up a secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office on Election Day but the mission was delayed 24 hours.Following the delay, the Atlas V rocket made the 1,800-feet journey to the launch pad for the second time Tuesday afternoon from the hangar at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Inside the rocket’s nose cone is the NROL-101 satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. The NRO builds and maintains U.S.