SpaceX Caps 2020 With NRO Mission

Irene Klotz December 19, 2020
Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—A classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) reached orbit on Dec. 19, capping the 26th and final mission of 2020 for the SpaceX Falcon 9 fleet. SpaceX’s second mission for the NRO lifted off at 9 a.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. For...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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