A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the pad at Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandeberg SFB, California, ahead of a launch in support of the National Reconnaissance Office.
Credit: SpaceX
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has scheduled the launch date for its next mission for no earlier than May 11, the agency said May 8. The next mission, NROL-172, will support the NRO’s proliferated satellite constellation in low Earth orbit and will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from...
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