NROL-35 / ATLAS V 541 launches from Vandenberg AFB, CA 12-12-14

[defmatnyc]

NROL-35 / Atlas V 541 launch at Vandenberg AFB, CA. click below for the FLICKR set..!

Untitled by Shorealone Films, on Flickr

[Jorbar1551]

I wasn't aware you could get this close to the launches.

[SBGrad]

I don't know which pad they use for the Atlas, but Space X launches from SLC-4 and there are off base places where you can watch that are approx 4nm from the pad.  I was up there for the launch of Jason 3 last month, and there were a few hundred cars lined up on the sides of the road.  Unfortunately, there was a heavy marine layer and we couldn't see anything, but we could easily hear the rocket and feel the shock wave from the exhaust.