An Italian radar reconnaissance satellite is circling Earth today after a successful launch tonight aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California.The 12-story rocket and its payload blasted off from Space Launch Complex 2 at 10:28 p.m. and then thundered over the Pacific Ocean on its way into low Earth orbit. The Cosmos 3 satellite -- the third of four in a series owned and operated by the Italian government -- was deployed from the rocket about 58 minutes into flight.
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