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U.S. Air Force launches mysterious unmanned space plane

An unmanned Atlas Five rocket took off from Cape Canaveral Wednesday, putting the most classified plane into orbit. The rocket was built by the United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer and planetarium director for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the mission.
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