ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />An unmanned rocket blasted off into space from Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Thursday morning (May 22).<br/> <br />The United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V (five) rocket launched at 9:09 a.m. EDT (1409GMT) atop a giant bed of smoke and fire.<br/> <br />Atlas V is carrying a NROL-33 classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office.<br/> <br />No specific information about the rocket's payload was released. The secretive National Reconnaissance Office designs, builds and operates the nation's fleet of spy satellites.
