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I want to thank our mission partners for their collaboration and teamwork as we worked through technical challenges that culminated in the launch of this critical national security payload,\u201d said Gary Wentz, ULA\u2019s vice president of government and commercial programs. \u201cThe Delta IV Heavy again demonstrated its success as the nation\u2019s proven heavy-lift vehicle, through its unique capability to deliver this mission to orbit due to a combination of performance and fairing size.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NRO is charged with developing, procuring and operating America\u2019s intelligence satellites, while the agency noted that the rocket carried a classified national security payload designed and built by the NRO, it did not reveal details of the payload\u2019s capabilities. 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